poerty Flashcards
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context for Ozymandias
baced on a eypition king. ramesses 2
most powerful phros of the egpytion empire
he was know for making vast monuments of himself
he belived he was a god
ozy =breathe
dias =rule
context poet ozimandias
percy shelly
wrote romantic poetry with themes of
nature + time
exotic lands
critising the ruling class
Ozymandias structure
1 stanza
representing the lone statue
sonnet (imperfect)
iambic pentameter
+ represents decay of statue
ABAB ryhme scheme
caesura (pause in a line)
emjambent (line overflows)
themes in ozimandias
deaths + morality
power
pride
art
dont view yourself as god
cannot be time
main quotes ozimandias
“the hand that mocked and the heart that fed”
juxtapotion to show the duality of him. hand-power heart-love
“my name is ozymandias. king of kings look on my works, ye mighty, an despair”
refrers to himself as god
london context + poet
william blake
very infutional poet
lived in london
he lost faith in ereligoun after decinding that the vhurvh was hupercritical (ignoring the poor)
industrian + french revalution
the monarchy had been killed by lower class
writtem in 1st person as someone walking through the streets on london. showing how blake is angry that everyone sees the suffering but on one does anything about it. he blames the monarchy + church
blake protests at the lack of freedom he sees around him
london structure
4 quadtrains
ABAB
regular ryhme scheme
- tight - neat - ordered -
first person. dramatic monolouge
negitive languae
themes london
disparing power
power of man over nature
abuse of power
class conflict
-revaluantarity ideas
social comment
despair
main quotes london
“In every face i meet/marks of weakness, marks of woe” Repetition emphasises the despair effects everyone.
