'Power in ‘Ozymandias’ (page 14) and in one other poem from Character and voice: Compare Essay\r'

'Bothe Ozymandias and The River God nourish a plastered theme of military unit through aside the rimes. great power in The River God is first extradite when the river says â€Å"But I can all overcome those fouls” The use of the volume â€Å"can” brings out the power of the river. He has the choice over people’s lives and the river is not alarmed to let us discern this. The full-page sentence sounds like The River God is nerve-racking to add devotion to whomever he is addressing, video display them he is in charge and they should h aging out this. Ozymandias also attempts to bring out fear through his power. â€Å"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: savour on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” He is surefooted that he is more omnipotent than the mightiest and wants everyone to know this. The poet uses the word â€Å"despair”, in different words Ozymandias is saying look and be afraid. The word shows the worry and fear of those who lived in the times of Ozymandias.\r\nBoth Ozymandias and The River God imagine they are more powerful than some(prenominal) other, they are both arrogant and do not see anyone as disceptation to their reputation. The River God says â€Å"O I may be an old foul river nevertheless I have plenty of go”. He is saying that thus far though he is worn down and old he is still as buckram and mighty as he was when he was a young river. The use of the word â€Å"plenty” brings out his arrogance, he is not just saying he is powerful but he is saying he will carry on with this specialisation for years to come. However in Ozymandias in that location is proof of his down fall, his loss of power. â€Å" vigour beside remains” and â€Å"a shattered visage lies” are both evidence that even though he had all this power once he died it all left. The poet could have done this to show the removeer that aught lasts, everything has to end. The use of the word sh attered is conceptive as it is almost like soulfulness defeated Ozymandias and that somebody was time. Also it is quite ironic that on the stone it was scripted â€Å"Look on my works” as none of them remained and therefore couldn’t of been as important as he make out.\r\nOzymandias is written to sound powerful when read out loud, iambic pentameter is used which gives the poem a regular sound.\r\n'