Compare the ways poets present ideas about power in 'Ozymandias' and 'My Last Duchess'.

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Compare the ways poets present ideas about power in 'Ozymandias' and 'My Last Duchess'.
  1. Ozymandias
    1. King of kings
      1. He is the height of kings
        1. In charge of all the kings
          1. Wants control over the other kings
            1. So he is in charge of all of the people
          2. Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
            1. Shows that even though the statue has no legs he is still tall and powerful
              1. Thought of himself as in charge
          3. My Last Duchess
            1. "My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
              1. He thought that his 'nine-hundred-years-old name gave him more power
                1. More powerful than a punch of "cherries"
                  1. We have never heard of the name Duke - Nine-hundred-year-old name???!!!???!!!
                  2. The Duke wants to have control over her and have the power to do so
                    1. That's MY duchess
                      1. Talks of her as if he was her master
                        1. MY
                        2. Also he was paid to marry her (dowry)
                          1. So he could do what he wants
                            1. She had to do what he sayed
                            2. MY
                              1. Pronoun
                                1. Calls her "her" not by name - pronoun
                                  1. She is nothing compared to him
                                    1. She is like a normal person with no rights or ranks
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