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  • OZYMADIAS
    • "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair"
      • imperative - commanding god, delusional, controlling
      • "despair" = sadness, give up, jealousy - ironic because statue is destroyed = he's now powerless/ alone
      • Stood on a "pedestal" - looking down
    • Structure = broken sonnet
      • broken sonnet reflects broken status of statue
      • rhythm/rhyme scheme is broken - emphasis on powerlessness
    • "Sneer of cold command"
      • disdainful/disgusted face = how  he will forever be remembered  - harsh sounds (c) - reflects negative portrayal
      • sculptor understood arrogance of ruler
      • sculptor has power (over what will be remembered)
        • POWER OF ART
          • sculptor understood arrogance of ruler
    • Setting = lifeless
      • "survive... lifeless"
        • Art can outlast human power
          • POWER OF ART
            • POWER = TRANSCIENT
              • OZYMADIAS
                • "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair"
                  • imperative - commanding god, delusional, controlling
                  • "despair" = sadness, give up, jealousy - ironic because statue is destroyed = he's now powerless/ alone
                  • Stood on a "pedestal" - looking down
                • Structure = broken sonnet
                  • broken sonnet reflects broken status of statue
                  • rhythm/rhyme scheme is broken - emphasis on powerlessness
                • "Sneer of cold command"
                  • disdainful/disgusted face = how  he will forever be remembered  - harsh sounds (c) - reflects negative portrayal
                  • sculptor has power (over what will be remembered)
                  • Setting = lifeless
                    • "survive... lifeless"
                      • Art can outlast human power
                        • POWER = TRANSCIENT
                      • "boundless and bare" / "lone and level" / "stretch far away"
                        • desert survives far longer - emphasis on Ozymandias' insignificance - feeling of empty space
                          • POWER OF NATURE
                        • alliteration - emphasis on emptiness of surroundings
                    • "Colossal wreck"
                      • juxtaposition - former power vs current state
                    • the poem is a story - narrator hasn't seen the statue, only heard about it
                      • "I met a traveller from an antique land"
                    • The full poem:
            • "boundless and bare" / "lone and level" / "stretch far away"
              • desert survives far longer - emphasis on Ozymandias' insignificance - feeling of empty space
                • POWER OF NATURE
              • alliteration - emphasis on emptiness of surroundings
          • "Colossal wreck"
            • juxtaposition - former power vs current state
          • the poem is a story - narrator hasn't seen the statue, only heard about it
            • "I met a traveller from an antique land"
          • The full poem:

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