Describe the poetic devices used by Shelley in ‘Ozymandias’. – InterviewSolution

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1.	Describe the poetic devices used by Shelley in ‘Ozymandias’.
Answer» ‘Ozymandias’ is a very famous sonnet of P. B. Shelley. In the octave, he develops the idea and in the sestet, he reaches the conclusion that the ravages of time spare none. The use of alliteration heightens the poetic effect. ‘Cold command’, ‘king of kings’, ‘boundless and bare’ etc. are some of the examples of alliteration. The use of ‘Synecdoche’, substitution of a part to stand for the whole is effectively used in ‘the hand that mock’d them’ and ‘the heart that fed’. The use of metaphors like ‘cold command’ also enrich the poetic effect.

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