The political aspect is especially interesting- possibly presenting England as a similar "colossal Wreck" would demonstrate Shelley's ability to combine both past and present really well, especially considering possible references to himself as poet (compared to the sculptor of Ozymandias)
I really like all of your annotations, you really dig deep into the meaning of words such as pedestal and how it could possibly indicated how the statue and Ozymandias used to be raised above the world. I think it's important to look at the other possible meanings like the fact that the pedestal, and the ideas could have possibly survived.
One of our classmates connected that using this style of sonnet as a flashback, and also the change in tone, could be used to emphasize a greater idea. I wonder if it was a move towards representing a political idea, or more of a move at making a bit of a dig at some Christian ideas (like using the phrases King of Kings, etc) as he and other lake poets wrote about atheist ideas.
I can tell from both of your papers that the you really paid attention to the poem's word choice. We can tell a lot about the tone of the poem by looking at the denotations and connotations of the words Shelley uses. How do you think Shelley's modifications of the sonnet's form effect its use as a "living relic"?
The political aspect is especially interesting- possibly presenting England as a similar "colossal Wreck" would demonstrate Shelley's ability to combine both past and present really well, especially considering possible references to himself as poet (compared to the sculptor of Ozymandias)
ReplyDeleteI really like all of your annotations, you really dig deep into the meaning of words such as pedestal and how it could possibly indicated how the statue and Ozymandias used to be raised above the world. I think it's important to look at the other possible meanings like the fact that the pedestal, and the ideas could have possibly survived.
ReplyDeleteOne of our classmates connected that using this style of sonnet as a flashback, and also the change in tone, could be used to emphasize a greater idea. I wonder if it was a move towards representing a political idea, or more of a move at making a bit of a dig at some Christian ideas (like using the phrases King of Kings, etc) as he and other lake poets wrote about atheist ideas.
ReplyDeleteI can tell from both of your papers that the you really paid attention to the poem's word choice. We can tell a lot about the tone of the poem by looking at the denotations and connotations of the words Shelley uses. How do you think Shelley's modifications of the sonnet's form effect its use as a "living relic"?
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