Point Ozymandias: power of nature is
Point Kamikaze: Garland highlights beauty of beautifully so powerful.
nature to help us empathise with pilots’ reasons “Nothing beside remains”
for turning back and how powerful it is to have
such beauty. Juxtaposition: huge contrast between
Ozymandias taking about how powerful he
“Green-blue translucent sea” “Shoals of fishes” is to the fact that his character is gone and
Analysis: natural imagery used throughout poem ruined but the power of nature never lasted
to highlight beauty of world and everything pilot even after time has passed. Nothing lasts
stands to lose. There’s suggestion that those forever. Short sentence represents empire is
things influence decision to turn back. Sibilance in gone and only statue lasted as the power of
stanza three of the poem mimics the smooth, nature destroyed it all. Causes audience to
graceful movement of the fish and adds to rich be amazed by the power nature has if it able
description of beauty of nature. The power of the to do such things to a statue of the ‘king of
nature is so strong and mighty that has such kings”
beautiful things. “Nothing” emphasises he can’t do anything
Why: To create a tone of peace on nature about thing and it’s just the fact of life that
employing reasons on the pilots’ decision to not nature corrodes everything with-time. This
go to war due to the beautiful power that nature makes nature’s power feel surreal and
holds. beautiful by how much power there is in
nature.
Compare the ways the poets present ideas about the
power of nature in Kamikaze and Ozymandias
Point Ozymandias: Nature is a force that can
Point Kamikaze: the power of nature can be
outlast anything, even time.
terrifying as well and predatory. “…A tuna,
the dark prince, muscular, dangerous” “Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless
things,”
Analysis: There is dark imagery that hints
that there is a more powerful and even Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, “
predatory side of nature, perhaps the end
“Survive” and “lifeless” juxtapose each other,
to the poem. threatening intense images,
implies nature always wins. “Shattered visage”
creating tone of fear around the idea of
shows power of nature, not even a god-like rule
how great the power of nature is. First full
can hold back the effects of the time and nature.
stop – emphasises importance of how
Ironic that even. Powerful human can’t control the
nature’s power can end up being negative
damaging effects of time. Just as the face of the
as well. True power belongs to nature.
statue is 'shattered', this also comparatively
Realisation how unimportant human life =
suggests that Ozymandias' power is shattered too.
when contrasted to vast array of nature.
Shows that human power is transient compared to
Why: To not only show the positive everlasting power of humans.
perspective of the power of nature but also
Why: to evoke the idea that nature will always win
bring awareness to how nature’s power can
over the power of humans no matter how
also be terrifying and negative.
powerful the person calls themselves.
Point Kamikaze: Garland highlights beauty of beautifully so powerful.
nature to help us empathise with pilots’ reasons “Nothing beside remains”
for turning back and how powerful it is to have
such beauty. Juxtaposition: huge contrast between
Ozymandias taking about how powerful he
“Green-blue translucent sea” “Shoals of fishes” is to the fact that his character is gone and
Analysis: natural imagery used throughout poem ruined but the power of nature never lasted
to highlight beauty of world and everything pilot even after time has passed. Nothing lasts
stands to lose. There’s suggestion that those forever. Short sentence represents empire is
things influence decision to turn back. Sibilance in gone and only statue lasted as the power of
stanza three of the poem mimics the smooth, nature destroyed it all. Causes audience to
graceful movement of the fish and adds to rich be amazed by the power nature has if it able
description of beauty of nature. The power of the to do such things to a statue of the ‘king of
nature is so strong and mighty that has such kings”
beautiful things. “Nothing” emphasises he can’t do anything
Why: To create a tone of peace on nature about thing and it’s just the fact of life that
employing reasons on the pilots’ decision to not nature corrodes everything with-time. This
go to war due to the beautiful power that nature makes nature’s power feel surreal and
holds. beautiful by how much power there is in
nature.
Compare the ways the poets present ideas about the
power of nature in Kamikaze and Ozymandias
Point Ozymandias: Nature is a force that can
Point Kamikaze: the power of nature can be
outlast anything, even time.
terrifying as well and predatory. “…A tuna,
the dark prince, muscular, dangerous” “Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless
things,”
Analysis: There is dark imagery that hints
that there is a more powerful and even Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, “
predatory side of nature, perhaps the end
“Survive” and “lifeless” juxtapose each other,
to the poem. threatening intense images,
implies nature always wins. “Shattered visage”
creating tone of fear around the idea of
shows power of nature, not even a god-like rule
how great the power of nature is. First full
can hold back the effects of the time and nature.
stop – emphasises importance of how
Ironic that even. Powerful human can’t control the
nature’s power can end up being negative
damaging effects of time. Just as the face of the
as well. True power belongs to nature.
statue is 'shattered', this also comparatively
Realisation how unimportant human life =
suggests that Ozymandias' power is shattered too.
when contrasted to vast array of nature.
Shows that human power is transient compared to
Why: To not only show the positive everlasting power of humans.
perspective of the power of nature but also
Why: to evoke the idea that nature will always win
bring awareness to how nature’s power can
over the power of humans no matter how
also be terrifying and negative.
powerful the person calls themselves.
