"Explore how poets create pictures of, and lead us to wonder about, the Past."

I am going to compare 'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare, and 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley, along with some pieces from other poems I have studied. 'Ozymandias' is about a mean and power hungry pharaoh who ruled Egypt centuries ago. Now all that remains is a statue in the middle of a desolate wasteland. 'The Listeners' is like a chapter from the middle of a book. In the poem a man, the Traveller, …

…descriptive and makes you feel like you are actually there and watching the scene unfold. I love the way he uses alliteration like "the forest's ferny floor" and "silence surged softly backwards." The poem has a lot of atmosphere and pulls the reader into the story easily. It also has a distinct rhyming pattern, which helps the poem flow better and again gives the impression that this is only a small part of the story.