Poetry
London context
blake was a romantic poet during the industrial revolution which he disliked because romantics wanted to preserve creativity and individuality
London-themes
power, wealth and appreance and reality
'and the hapless soldiers sigh/ rins in blood down palace walls'
a helpless soldier gives his life to protect the rich and powerful
the palace walls only protect the rich and powerful
everyone is protecting them
themes of power
'charter'd street/ near where charter'd thames does/ flow'
london is owned by the rich although it should belong to eceryone
repetition
sense of restriction on something natural
'mind-forg'd manacles'
metaphor
people of london trapped by lack of freedom/imagination
cant even imagine happiness
london 'every'
repeated throughout poem
nearly everyone is struggling
London-form
4quatrains creates a monotonous feel much like the uniform nature of the machines taking over during the industrial revolution
context of Ozymandias
Shelley's (and everyones) dislike for King GeorgeIII couldnt be publically shared, the statue could be symbolic of his rule showing how pointless it is
Themes of Ozymandias
dictatorship, oppression and the futility of power
Form and structure of ozymandias
broken sonnet (irregular rhyme scheme) symbolises a broken political system and the broken statue. Sonnets are aout love, shelley uses it for narcissim (self love)
'King of Kings'
. biblical allusion to jesus-hubris
. repetition the power he once had
.irony because everything he once ruled so proudly is gone
'lone and level sands'
. alliteration
. the kingdow he once had is gone
. futility of power and irony because of his pride
'sneer of cold command'
. alliteration
. he was a cruel ruler
. links to George III
'Shattered visage'
. ironic
. his symbol of power (his stautue) is broken