Authors often incorporate imagery into their writing to help readers develop mental pictures and grasp the literary work’s overa
ll meaning. There are five types of imagery: visual imagery (sight), tactile imagery (touch), gustatory imagery (taste), olfactory imagery (smell), and auditory imagery (sound). Reread stanzas 1, 3, and 5 and identify instances of imagery, or sensory description.
● Which type of imagery does the author employ most in these stanzas?
● How does each instance of this type of imagery help to develop the poem’s message?
I believe the correct answer is: the claim of a human tyrant
of enduring glory is transient.
The theme of "Ozymandias", a poem written by Percy
B. Shelly, can be said to be that the claim of a human tyrant of enduring glory
is transient. This theme may be even broader, meaning that everything humans accomplish
is transient such as Ozymandias’ glory in this poem.