First Draft:: Ozymandias Is Considered To Be A Petrarchan Sonnet, Despite The Odd Rhyming

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Ozymandias is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem is to do with the
narrator meeting a traveller from an antique land. The title suggests that the
scene is set in Egypt. This is because Ozymandias was what the Greek people used
to call Rameses II.
Rameses II was a great and terrible pharaoh. He had a cold command. Even
though he was a great pharaoh, he could be very vicious at times.
The poem shows how the traveller tells the narrator about this intimidating statue.
The fact that Ozymandias had a statue shows that he had great power and was
seen as a good pharaoh. However it soon shows how he loses this power by
emphasising the point that the head of the statue had fallen down and had sunk
well into the ground.
Ozymandias is considered to be a Petrarchan sonnet, despite the odd rhyming

scheme, which differs a bit. A normal Petrarchan sonnets rhyming scheme is:
abbaabba in the first 8 lines. The last 6 lines can have rhythm in any order (usually
every other line). However, Ozymandiass rhyming scheme is: ababacdcedefef. It is
also written in iambic pentameter and it consists of 14 lines just like any other
sonnet.
During lines two to five the traveller shows how he saw a statue that he has seen
Egypt.
Who saidTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desertNear them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
Through the words of the narrator, I can see that there are two huge legs that are
standing I the sand. Next to the legs there is the face. Although the face is
shattered, the frown and his sneer is still visible. This shows his power and that he
could easily control the area.
Lines eight to eleven show extra details of the sculpture. This is about what was
engraved on the pedestal.
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
The first line of this stanza shows how he used to mock people but he was not
completely horrible. It showed that he fed and cared about his people. On his
pedestal he had engraved the words my name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look
on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! This displays how he wants people to know
about him but he does not want people to act the way that he did.
The last three lines show how his power has faded over time.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
These few lines depict a moral. It shows how a person can be a really powerful
however this does not last over time. Once the leader dies, all his rules fade away
just like the statue has fallen and transformed into pieces.
Final piece:
Ozymandias is a poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817. By the title, we can
tell the scene is set in Egypt. This is because Greek people used to call the evil, but
great, pharaoh Rameses II Ozymandias.
He had a cold command and the speaker talks to a traveller that he had met
along the way.
The traveller tells the speaker about this large and intimidating statue. The traveller
explains how nothing remains but the statue from the reign of Ozymandias.
Ozymandias is considered to be a Petrarchan sonnet despite the difference in

rhyme. The rhyming scheme for Ozymandias is ababacdcedefef (the original
Petrarchan rhyming scheme is abbaabba for the first eight lines and then the rest
of the six lines can have another rhyming scheme). Like all sonnets Ozymandias
consists of 14 lines. It is also written in iambic pentameter.
The poem starts off with the traveller explaining the statue.
Who saidTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desertNear them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command
It displays how there are two enormous legs of stone, of which the trunk had
shattered into complete dust. Although the face is broken, Ozymandias frown and
sneer is still visible. This brings out how proud he was of his power.
The next stanza shows extra detail about the statue. This is mostly about the
pedestal.
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
This stanza portrays how Ozymandias was not entirely a horrible leader. Although
he mocked his people he still cared and fed his people. His pedestal says that we
should look over what he has done but we should not repeat his wrong doings.
The last three lines show how his power had faded over time into history.
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
These few lines depict a moral. It shows how you should not be vain over something
such as power. This is because when you die, the same power dies with you. It does
not live on. Someone will eventually take your place.

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Ozymandias is considered to be a Petrarchan sonnet, despite the odd rhyming

Who saidTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Ozymandias is considered to be a Petrarchan sonnet despite the difference in

Who saidTwo vast and trunkless legs of stone

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

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