Ozymadias by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

conflict

conflict between the great power of a past warrior and its current state of decay

I met a traveller from an antique land

diminishes(less valuable) ozymadias sense of power / authority

power

Human power dosen't last forever. Nature is more powerful than man

sneer of cod command

suggest ozymandias was arrogant towards people who he had power over(ruled over0

My name is ozymandias King of Kings

emphasises tyrannical power , dramatic irony shows arrogance

nothing beside remains

His great creations have not lasted , implies power of nature has destroyed everything he had overtime

of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

oxymoron colossal wreck implies how The great kings statue has been destroyed by nature overtime

structure

sonnet ryhme scheme symbolises the perfect statue which is no longer there.

context

A romantic poet who believed in the power of nature and that power dosen't last forever . acts as a warning to anyone who thinks power will last forever

key themes

power of humans , tyranny and corruption

comparison poems

london ; corruption of power

Ozymandias

was another name for the Egyptian Pharoah Rameses 2