This is an overview and a quote analysis of the poem 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is included in the poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature if you are doing the exam of WJEC Eduqas. It was made by me for the 2019 GCSE exams which I have just completed and of which I recieved a Gra...
Ozymandias
CONTEXT:
He was a Romantic
Went to Eton but he was unhappy with it and his family’s wealth
He was against the current monarchy [King George III]
Atheist
He thought poetry was a respite
Died a tragic death
Married to Mary Shelley
RHYME SCHEME:
Petrarchan sonnet
ABAB
TONE & MOOD:
Grandeur
Ironic
Mocking
Futility
Desire
THEMES:
Nature
Man and the natural world
Transience/change
Death/mortality
Power/control
Fragility
Relationships
Freedom/confinement
Time
Injustice
Identity
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