The tone of the poem expressed is power and arrogance. Traces of this can be found all throughout the writing. However, some main examples of Ozymandias's power and arrogance are when the traveller is telling the story to the man of Ozymandias's statue and how it appears, "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command". This proves to the reader that Ozymandias was arrogant in the way he controlled his kingdom. In saying this, another thing that could support the power and arrogance of Ozymandias is the words that appeared below his statue, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, look on my words, ye mighty and despair". This also proves to the reader the power Ozymandias knew he had, classifying himself as the king of all other kings. In his eyes, he was the most powerful man in the world, with god status.
Matt,
ReplyDeleteTry to avoid repetition. Although you want to impress your main point upon your readers, the phrase "power and arrogance" quickly looses its impact when it is repeated so often.
Be aware, also, that "power and arrogance" are two things, and therefore need a plural modifier: "the toneS in this poem ARE power and arrogance."
I don't mean to pick on you too much, but I also wonder if "power" is the right word here. Is power a tone? If so, is it distinct from "arrogance"? If so, how? Is that distinction important to your argument?
Finally, be careful of verbs that end in "ing", as in your sentence "The main tone being power and arrogance based on King Ozymandias's personality and role he had in life." Verbs ending in "ing" can't act as the sole verb of a sentence in that form--they're actin as adverbs or nouns. In simple terms, you need an "is". But in this sentence adding the "is" still doesn't work: "The main tone is being power..." So drop the "being" altogether: "The main tone is power..."