Mighty Despair: Power and Irony in “Ozymandias” “Ozymandias‚” Shelley’s famous poem‚ reveals the impermanence of human achievement. The poem describes a crumbling statue‚ a “colossal wreck” in the form of a long-lost king. The reader of the poem is thrice-removed from Ozymandias‚ as the speaker relates a story he heard from a traveller who encountered the statue in the desert. A plate beneath the statue reads “Look on my works‚ ye Mighty‚ and despair!” Though Ozymandias presumably means that other
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Ozymandias 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
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Irony in Ozymandias Shelly produces a wonderful piece of irony in Ozymandias. When looking at Ozymandias we should look at the Greek breakdown of the name. "Ozy comes from the Greek ’ozium‚ ’ which means to breath‚ or air. Mandias comes from the Greek ’mandate‚ ’ which means to rule‚" notes Biterman in his analysis of the poem. The fact that the derivative of the great Ozymandias ’s name is Ruler of Air is where the irony begins. When one looks upon what was written on the base of the statue and
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OZYMANDIAS Percy Bysshe Shelly Question 1 I think Ozymandias was a proud‚ unpleasant‚ boastful‚ haughty‚ powerful‚ provocative man who was an absolute ruler and in spite of all this‚ he was a great man. Ozymandias was proud because he refers to himself as “King of Kings” in line ten which reads‚ “My name is Ozymandias‚ King of Kings.” This shows his pride because he elevates himself above all the other kings by suggesting that he is superior to all the kings that lived in his time. Ozymandias
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Antonio Chaljub March 15‚ 2014 Professor Riobueno ENC1102 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM Ozymandias "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a poem about a king that loses everything towards the end of his life. Specifically‚ it is about how pride leads to destruction. Ozymandias was a king that had everything and was so powerful. He considered himself the king of kings. Ozymandias had a statue but it is now in the middle of the desert rippled; still standing with half the body showing. His kingdom came
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Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias” is that no one lasts forever; eventually even the greatest men die and are forgotten. Nature eventually conquers the tallest and most prosperous cities‚ leaving them colossal wrecks. The statue of Ozymandias‚ also known as the Egyptian Ruler Ramses II‚ was erected in Ramses’ own likeness in his honor‚ among other monuments. So‚ even though Ramses II was so powerful and recognized‚ he eventually became forgotten and abandoned. In Greek‚ Ozymandias can be broken down
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Egyptian Pharaoh Ozymandias‚ also known as Rameses II‚ has many depictions in this fashion‚ of valuing his pride and ambitions more than those around him. However‚ the legacy left behind often falls short of what those people wanted to create or force them into a shell of themselves to fit current perceptions of them. In his poem‚ “Ozymandias‚” Percy Shelley offers a moral lesson on ambition and pride through the implementation of commanding diction‚ an apathetic tone‚ and situational irony to highlight
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The poem Ozymandias‚ written by Percy Shelley‚ is a poem about political power. Shelly uses a mocking tone to describe the desire of achievement of morality while criticizing the arrogance of Ozymandias for wanting dominance and demand praise. The setting is complex in this poem; despite that‚ there is a two people point of view illustrated in the situation. The traveler describes an antique land while Ozymandias mentions the desert. There are numerous literacy devices such as Irony that Shelley
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Ozymandias: Poetry Will Live On Percy Shelley uses imagery and irony to demonstrate to the readers of his poem “Ozymandias” something more than just a run down work of art. Imagery is used to characterize Ozymandias – a sculptor of a king that was depicted as being cold and overambitious. Shelley uses the words that are written on the pedestal of the statue‚ and puts them together with the never ending sea of sand and the decaying sculptor itself. When these descriptions come together‚ the irony
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Shelley describes the speaker being told by a traveler about an archaic and weathered statue of King Ozymandias that sits by its lonesome in the middle of a desert. The story is told about the once glorious and fearful statue that is now diminished down to a pile of rubble that is now concealed from civilization in the sand from which it was created from. King Ozymandias tried to preserve his power and glory by creating an abiding statue of himself‚ but now it is just
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