blogpost #7: diction

Well-chosen diction is essential for properly conveying a theme.  Similarly, diction goes hand-in-hand with an author's feeling of the subject that he is writing about.   Shelley feels very strongly against those who support a gentle perspective of time, which is why he uses bombastic language compounded with a mocking tone in his poem "Ozymandias."  Shelley obviously felt that using bombastic and mocking diction would be the best approach to conveying his perspective of time: that everything, including the "king of kings," ultimately crumbles to the all-powerful forces of time.