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

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

1. Ozymandias

   • King of kings
     • He is the height of kings
     • In charge of all the kings
     • Wants control over the other kings
       • So he is in charge of all of the people
   • Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
     • Shows that even though the statue has no legs he is still tall and powerful
       • Thought of himself as in charge

2. My Last Duchess

   • "My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name
     • He thought that his 'nine-hundred-years-old name gave him more power
     • More powerful than a punch of "cherries"
     • We have never heard of the name Duke - Nine-hundred-year-old name???!!!???!!!
   • The Duke wants to have control over her and have the power to do so
     • That's MY duchess
       • Talks of her as if he was her master
         • MY
       • Also he was paid to marry her (dowry)
         • So he could do what he wants
           • She had to do what he sayed
         • MY
           • Pronoun
             • Calls her "her" not by name - pronoun
               • She is nothing compared to him
               • She is like a normal person with no rights or ranks