“east winds that knive us” - Personification – nature is the enemy, “What are we doing here?” - Rhetorical question – disillusioned, critical, “little boat tied to a willow” - word choice – little/willow – imply fragility, “strode after me” - personified – it chases him, “half a league...” - Repetition – reflects the tension of the soldiers building, “all the world wonder’d” - Hyperbole – Tennyson exaggerates the truth, “mouth of Hell” - Personification – makes Hell seem alive, like a monster, “his bloody life in my bloody hands” - Repetition - Both a literal description of the blood caused by a wound, but also a metaphor for guilt., “the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out” - Alliteration - the 'dr' consonant sound links these things he is using to try and forget his trauma., “every cry of every...” - repetition - emphasises scale of inequality & pain, “mind-forged manacles” – - metaphor – implies that Londoners feel trapped, “marriage hearse” – - juxtaposition – a happy life undermined by death, “cold command” - alliteration emphasises the cruelty of the ancient king, “Look on my works” - tone implies Ozymandias’ arrogance, “lone and level sands stretch” - sibilance draws attention to the loss of power and the sounds of the now empty desert.,

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