Ozymandias

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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Sun Jan 11 1818

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This classic sonnet uses a decaying statue of
Ramesses II, also called Ozymandias, as a symbol of the decline in time of personal possessions and power. Far from standing forever, even the most imposing of man’s creations wear away.

Shelley’s poem is thought to have been inspired by the news of the...

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I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Ozymandias Q&A

Who wrote Ozymandias's ?

Ozymandias was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

When did Percy Bysshe Shelley release Ozymandias?

Percy Bysshe Shelley released Ozymandias on Sun Jan 11 1818.

Hi dear, Can you just please describe ozymandies with short way. Thanks

In brief, Ozymandias is a sonnet about the inevitable fate of time and history, and that all prominent figures and empires are impermanent and will eventually decay and disappear into oblivion, just as the desert covers the fragment of the statue.