In Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" Shelley's tone of pity is revealed through the symbolism, and imagery. Shelley achieves this with the use of the of the images of the crumbled stone statue, and the symbolism of the ruin around the statue.
The imagery of the crumbled stone statue, in "Ozymandias" "two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert . . . near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown." this image gives the reader a tone of pity for the once great king Ozymandias. Shelley is successful in using this imagery to reveal his poetic tone of pity towards Ozymandias.
The imagery of the crumbled stone statue, in "Ozymandias" "two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert . . . near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown." this image gives the reader a tone of pity for the once great king Ozymandias. Shelley is successful in using this imagery to reveal his poetic tone of pity towards Ozymandias.
Joshua,
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a good start, but for a full essay I'd want to see both of these paragraphs fleshed out a fair bit.
Something else to keep in mind is that while you should definitely use accurate literary terms, you don't need to (and shouldn't) be bound to repeating keywords from the assignment. When you write, here "In Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" Shelley's tone of pity..." the word "tone" is not necessary. Just like you don't need to say "In poet Percy Shelley's poem Ozymandias..." you don't need to label the things you're talking about when the context does that for you.