Question

Give examples of poetic devices from the chapter 'Ozymandias'.

Answer 1

In this poem, a traveler has told the speaker about an ancient ruin. The speaker relates this experience to us. He says that the sculptor had created a monument to Ozymandias, also known as Ramses II. Ozymandias was a proud, condescending ruler. The sculptor read (understood) these "passions" well and therefore "mocked" them in the sculpture. The speaker of the poem speaks of the "hand that mocked them." Using "hand" and "heart" to stand for the sculptor himself are examples of synecdoche. This is when a part of something is used to stand for the whole.

The "sneer of cold command" uses alliteration(with the hard "c") to emphasize the hardness of Ozymandias' personality.

The irony is that Ozymandias wanted this sculpture to stand as an impressive monument for all time, but it has eroded and is now a "colossal wreck." This phrase is an antithesis or an oxymoron. These literary devices use opposing terms. In this case, "colossal" refers to the once great sculpture and "wreck" refers to what it has become.

This sonnet is ironic. There is situational irony from the perspective of Ozymandias. He expected this monument to be impressive for an endless amount of time, but the opposite has happened. It has decayed and become a ruin.

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