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Ozymandias
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GCSE English Lit (Anthology / poetry) Mind Map on Ozymandias, created by princessscout on 20/05/2013.
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english lit
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anthology / poetry
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Ozymandias
Story line
The narrator meets a traveller who tells him about a statue standing in the middle of the desert
It's a statue of a powerful king who used to rule here
His face is proud and arrogantly boasts about how great he is in an inscription in the base of the statue
However the statue has crumbled away and only ruins remain
The statue ruins are all that remains of the king.
Form and structure
It's a sonnet with an unusual rhyme scheme
unusual rhyme scheme suggests things are out of balance
The narrator builds up an image by focusing on different parts of it the statue.
It's a second hand account which distances the reader further from the dead king
Poem ends by describing an enourmous desert helping to show insignificance of the statue
Uses iambic pentameter and enjambment so that the poem flows like natural speech
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IRONY
Nothing left to show for the rulers arrogant boasting
Ruined statue is a metaphor for all human life
All human achievements are insignificant because our lives are so short compared with with the universe
Desert represents the universe which stretches on and exists long after our lives and rulers arrogance has been destroyed
CONTRAST
theres a contrast between the arrogant king who thought he was the mightiest ruler and the powerful destruction of the statue over time
Human achievements like cities statues are all temporary - contrasts with the desert which is lifeless but enduring
ANGRY LANGUAGE
tyranny of the ruler is suggested through aggresive language
My ideas
Antique land can be used to represent the way the land lives on long after each civilisation is destroyed
I think it has been used by the ruler as he believes nothing to remain in comparison to his rule as he is the top of everything
It could be used now as a form of irony as nothing besides the ruins remains in the vast desert
The alliteration in the last 2 lines emphasises the feeling of empty space in the surrounding desert
The poem suggests that he was a cruel ruler and that he was not liked much as he was arrogant and thought more abut himself than the others
Feelings and Attitudes
POWER
human life is insignificant compared to the passing of time
time is so powerful
time can destroy civilisations and make human achievement appear temporary
ARROGANCE
the inscription shows he believed he was most powerful ruler in the land
nobody else could compete with him
ge thought he was better than those he ruled
PRIDE
the ruler was proud of what he achieved
he called on others to admire what he did
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