I noticed something similar about the alliteration- there are other alliterated pairs, but S is a constant throughout the poem, highlighted in the final line. I thought that perhaps it was meant to help set the desert scene
I wonder if the poem is supposed to feel like a "visage" of the author. Considering it means a "face," the author could be purposefully hiding his own face by having the traveller speak for him.
Talking about Visage, and going a little bit off of what Arial said - I really like the idea of "face", but instead of the author covering his own face, I think it's Ozymandias who is hiding. I love that "visage" is paired with "shattered", almost as if it is the shattered facade of Ozymandias, who was considered this fantastic king, but is now fallen.
"Visage" meaning appearance takes on a strong meaning to me in this poem. Perhaps the word choice is meant to play up Shelley's purpose in writing the sonnet about Ozymandias-- to make a play at hubris. Using the word visage denotes that perhaps Shelley is showing that pride boils down to nothing more than appearance.
Alliteration was also something that stood out a lot to me. However, I couldn't really think of why it could be significant. I wonder if it was just something Shelley did to make the poem sound good, or if we could analyze it a little bit more. I doubt it was unintentional, but that's also an option.
I noticed something similar about the alliteration- there are other alliterated pairs, but S is a constant throughout the poem, highlighted in the final line. I thought that perhaps it was meant to help set the desert scene
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the poem is supposed to feel like a "visage" of the author. Considering it means a "face," the author could be purposefully hiding his own face by having the traveller speak for him.
ReplyDeleteTalking about Visage, and going a little bit off of what Arial said - I really like the idea of "face", but instead of the author covering his own face, I think it's Ozymandias who is hiding. I love that "visage" is paired with "shattered", almost as if it is the shattered facade of Ozymandias, who was considered this fantastic king, but is now fallen.
ReplyDelete"Visage" meaning appearance takes on a strong meaning to me in this poem. Perhaps the word choice is meant to play up Shelley's purpose in writing the sonnet about Ozymandias-- to make a play at hubris. Using the word visage denotes that perhaps Shelley is showing that pride boils down to nothing more than appearance.
ReplyDeleteAlliteration was also something that stood out a lot to me. However, I couldn't really think of why it could be significant. I wonder if it was just something Shelley did to make the poem sound good, or if we could analyze it a little bit more. I doubt it was unintentional, but that's also an option.
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