1: The word 'traveller' suggests the man he has met comes from far away, and 'antique' suggests the land is old and outdated. Iambics mirror the human heartbeat, which gives us a sense of Ozymandias trying to stay eternally alive but failing. Iambics have the effect of creating a strong and never-ending pace, suggesting that time keeps going and you can't stop it. i MET / a TRAV/ ler FROM/ an ANT/ ique LAND. Iambics means that the second one is each pair stressed. Count the number of syllables in each line - 10 syllables. We might think that the rhyme scheme is imperfect, to show the imperfection of Ozymandias and of his statue. Rhyme scheme is meant to be a typical sonnet rhyme scheme, but many of the rhymes are half-rhymes, e.g. Sonnet form might used ironically here, because it's as though it should be admiring Ozymandias, but actually it is about how he has been destroyed.Ī sonnet is also a very rigid structure of poem, mirroring the nature of the stone statue, showing that the poem is just another form of art which won't survive through time either. However, this poem doesn't do this, it simply deepens the problem, perhaps commenting on how the problem of time and decay can't be resolved. Sonnets often set up a problem - of in the first half - then resolves it in the last half after a 'volta' or change in mood. A sonnet is a kind of poem which has been used through history usually as a love poem, but also as a poem which expresses admiration for something. This poem is 14 lines long, meaning that it is a sonnet. The whole poem involves the theme of Ozymandias' arrogance due to his perceived power, and yet the way in which his statue has been ruined by time. This statue is of Ozymandias, an ancient King of Egypt. This poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley is about a man who meets a traveller from far away, and the traveller tells him a tale about a statue which he has seen in the desert.
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