MLD
That’s - last duchess - on the wall,
That’s my last duchess painted on the wall,
- My possessive pronoun - link to patriarchal society views the duchess as his property.
- Last implies she’s not alive - disposable
MLD
Fra -
Fra Pandolf
-Repetition of this so called artist
-An attempt to show off, pompous
- Allusion to the artist, showing the duchess isn’t the main focus, egotistical
MLD
She - men. good()
She thanked men. good!
-Fake appreciation
- euphemism for his anger and jealousy
- enjambement throughout the monologue spill of emotion
MLD
Then - smiles - together
Then all smiles stopped together
- euphemism for murder shows his power and how he can kill her without consequence
MLD
- Neptune
Notice Neptune
-Metaphor of Neptune makes us believe he thinks himself as a God and of important and Men should tame their wives.
- sees women as accessories as materials and the duke is materialistic
MLD
- shall - say?-
-how shall i say?-
-Enjambment makes the poem conversational and shows his lack of skill in speech
OZYMANDIAS
an - land
an antique land
- old, fragile, precious, nearly forgotten
OZYMANDIAS
The - and level sands - far -
The lone and level sands stretch far away
- none of his works remain
- natural powers will overrule his
- only thing left in his memory is a “shattered statue” not even made by him
OZYMANDIAS
- of kings
king of kings
-Superlative reference to a God, egotistical
- thinks himself as omnipotent and dismisses any other leaders that aren’t him
OZYMANDIAS
- command
cold command
-Consonance
- believes himself to be higher than everyone
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OZYMANDIAS
- on - works
Look on my works
-look imperative verb commanding everyone. has this arrogance and pride in himself
- his works - expects it to be long lasting which is dramatic irony as everything decays.
OZYMANDIAS
boundless and -
boundless and bare
- vast power and extent of nature and its power to outlive all forms of life
- presents the desert and featureless
- alliteration
REMAINS
pain - , the image of -
pain itself, the image of agony
- graphic imagery
- unable to get rid of the image in his head
REMAINS
one of my - goes -
one of my mates goes by
- colloquial language
the switch between the tone
REMAINS
probably - possibly -
probably armed possibly not
- juxtapositon
- unsure
- critising blind loyalty
REMAINS
rips - his -
rips through his life
- personification
- metaphor to show the violent and fatal outcomes of their actions
REMAINS
drink and - wont flush - out
drink and drugs wont flush him out
- ptsd
= substance abuse from trauma trying to blur everything out
REMAINS
his - life in -bloody -
his bloody life in my bloody hands
- guilt
- graphic imagery
- blurs the lines of whos guilty
