Ozymandias

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English Poetry Power and Conflict
Angel Smith
Mind Map by Angel Smith, updated more than 1 year ago
Angel Smith
Created by Angel Smith almost 8 years ago
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Ozymandias
  1. Form
    1. Sonnet
      1. Ironic because he loves himself
        1. Use for romance and love
      2. "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies
        1. Fallen Tyrant
          1. His legacy Ozymandias left behind has been destroyed
          2. Broken statue
            1. Suggestion of his empire collapsing
            2. "Sneer of cold command"
              1. "cold command" Alliteration
                1. Heartless Demands
                  1. Ordering the peasants below
                  2. "The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed"
                    1. Worker/peasants were treated poorly
                      1. Ozymandias Power abuse
                      2. Suggestion of the worker mocking Ozymandias in an implicit way
                      3. "My name is Ozymandias, king if kings Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair"
                        1. Delusional
                          1. Believes that he is the essence of power
                            1. Trying to strike fear into other empires with his statue and his power
                          2. Theme
                            1. Power
                              1. Even the mightiest will fall You can't beat time Pride comes before a fall The power of arts and words
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