Ozymandias Tone
As humans, we often think about power, but never think about how lonely you will be with it. The poem Ozymandias, written by Percy Shelley, is a poem about political power. Shelly uses a mocking tone to describe the desire of achievement of morality while criticizing the arrogance of Ozymandias for wanting dominance and demand praise. The setting is complex in this poem; despite that, there is a two people point of view illustrated in the situation. The traveler describes an antique land while Ozymandias mentions the desert. There are numerous literacy devices such as Irony that Shelley uses to depict the theme.
In the first line of Ozymandias the speaker says,” I met a traveler” (1.1), Shelly frames the poem to make it clear the narrator have not seen the statue but, only heard about it. The word “antique” (1.1) is used to explain a sense of mysterious history. This is emphasized how unimportant Ozymandias is now. The “two vast and trunkless leg of stone” (1.2) …show more content…
The creator of the sculptor applies personification “the hand that mock’d” (1.8) and “the heart that fed”(1.8) symbolizing the love and joy out of making fun of Ozymandias and his arrogance. Ozymandias challenge other rulers by saying “King of King”(1.10) because of his arrogance and power. He set the tone that he is better than anyone who comes his way.
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair”(1.11) nether less the poem showed more of Ozymandias Greed, Arrogance and want others to feel at a loss with his power due to what is written across his statue. “Nothing besides remains. Round the decay” (1.12) shows that human achievement is insignificant due to time. The alliteration of “Boundless”(1.13) and “Bare”(1.13) emphasis a feeling of emptiness thus surrounding the desert that Shelley wanted the poem to foreshadow that power is not
In the first line of Ozymandias the speaker says,” I met a traveler” (1.1), Shelly frames the poem to make it clear the narrator have not seen the statue but, only heard about it. The word “antique” (1.1) is used to explain a sense of mysterious history. This is emphasized how unimportant Ozymandias is now. The “two vast and trunkless leg of stone” (1.2) …show more content…
The creator of the sculptor applies personification “the hand that mock’d” (1.8) and “the heart that fed”(1.8) symbolizing the love and joy out of making fun of Ozymandias and his arrogance. Ozymandias challenge other rulers by saying “King of King”(1.10) because of his arrogance and power. He set the tone that he is better than anyone who comes his way.
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair”(1.11) nether less the poem showed more of Ozymandias Greed, Arrogance and want others to feel at a loss with his power due to what is written across his statue. “Nothing besides remains. Round the decay” (1.12) shows that human achievement is insignificant due to time. The alliteration of “Boundless”(1.13) and “Bare”(1.13) emphasis a feeling of emptiness thus surrounding the desert that Shelley wanted the poem to foreshadow that power is not