Who’s story? why
‘Traveller’
From where? why
‘an antique land’, out dated, forgotten
What is it? why
‘two vast, trunkless legs’, forgotten, crumbled, diminished
enhance
‘desert’, ‘sand’
Enhance
‘half sunk and shattered visage’, iambic pentameter, dilapidated
SWITCH IN MOOD
‘sneer of cold command’, power hungry, delusional
irony enhance
‘tell its sculptor that’, unknowing, forgotten despite pride
irony enhance +2
‘Pedestal’, grand
‘king of kings’, bible reference, arrogance, power conflict direct reference
Irony enhance +3
‘decay’ ‘wreck’ ‘boundless and bare’ repetition, sematic field
juxtaposes idea of power
‘lone and leve’ ;sands stretch far away’ cyclical structure, empty, forgotten