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Essay / Ozymandias Spectrum Analysis - 771
Ozymandias Spectrum AnalysisThe poem "Ozymandias" tells the story of a traveler who reveals his story to the poem's narrator. The author of the poem is Percy Bysshe Shelley. It keeps the poem interesting by using consistent, clear and concise sounds and images, providing mystery with words that have more than one meaning, and using a spectrum of words that capture the performer's attention . These series of sounds are perceptible. of the second line of the text. Shelley uses the “s” sound more frequently than any other tone. This does two things for the poem; first, it brings the reader to an easy reading level and tends to make it easier for him to find the rhythm; Second, it configures Shelley's other constant sounds to make them stand out more. Lines such as “legs of stone without a trunk,” “lies to a broken face,” and “stamped on these lifeless things” make the poem enjoyable to hear and give it a rhythm to follow. Shelley then puts the word sneer in front of a cold order. By placing the “s” sound in front of the hard “c,” it tends to make the statement deeper. The last line of the poem says: “The lonely, flat sands stretch far away. » This signals the inverse of the constant "c"; he fixes the sound "l" as distant and all alone by breaking the rhythm then returning to it. This also has the effect of letting the scenery come back into view. After creating a desert setting, it is a mental image to capture how desolate the environment is. Shelley then provides mystery to the reader. He uses words that have a meaning that could be explained in different...... middle of paper ......ture opinion. In the six lines above it becomes boring and uninteresting, right down to the word passion. Everyone seems to understand passion as love or a desire to have someone, it sparks interest again. However, the word describes the sculptor's desire not to make this work of art; this gives a false image to make sure the reader is still paying attention. Given Shelley's use of sounds, mystery, and range of word choices, drawing a picture of where this takes place and who the characters are is left entirely to the reader. But Shelley doesn't give many options, just a lot of different opinions to form. It also brilliantly mixes sounds, mystery and word choices..