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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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    Joudee Laurence Ward English 112 26 April 2013 “Ozymandias” “Ozymandias” is a sonnet written by the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. In the poem‚ the author meets a traveler from another country who explains that he once saw a statue of Ramesses the Great (also known as Ozymandias)‚ and on the pedestal‚ the words “My name is Ozymandias‚ king of kings: Look on my works‚ ye Mighty‚ and despair!” appear. The words on the statue suggest that Ozymandias had achieved great and long-lasting things during

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    Ozymandias Submitted by : Brooke Hutt Submitted to: Mr. MacDonald Submitted on: June 3‚ 2014 "Ozymandias" is a fourteen-line sonnet. It is not a traditional one‚ however. Although it is neither an Italian sonnet nor a Shakespearean sonnet‚ the rhyming scheme and style resemble an Italian sonnet more. The speaker it the poem is learning from a traveler about a giant‚ ruined statue that lay broken and eroded in the desert. The title of the poem informs

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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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    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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    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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    The consequences of time and nature on power and art in Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ozymandias”. The poem “Ozymandias”‚ written by Percy Bysshe Shelley‚ is a sonnet of fourteen lines‚ metered in iambic pentameter‚ which explores many issues and possible interpretations. It talks about the disappearance of powerful civilisations and leaders. Everything and everyone dies someday‚ except good art‚ could be a one-sentence summary of the poem. It explores the way that nature can create or destroy with the

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    English Literary Studies Assignment 1 Ozymandias was a powerful king‚ who ruled with an iron fist. Lines 4 and 5‚ “Half sunk‚ a shattered visage lies‚ whose frown”‚ “And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command” shows that Ozymandias ruled with contempt‚ dominance and conceit. He was a very unhappy man‚ not forthcoming or humble in any way‚ as a true king should be. He was however‚ filled with pride and arrogance. Lines 10 and 11‚ “My name is Ozymandias‚ King of Kings: Look on my works‚ ye mighty

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    In his poem “Ozymandias‚” Percy Shelley employs symbolism and irony and to convey his message that power over society is fleeting and every attempt at everlasting fame will deteriorate and become meaningless. Shelley’s use of symbolism emphasizes the ineffectiveness of an arrogant ruler’s attempts to create an eternal authority over society. For example‚ the traveler in the poem chronicles the “two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Standing in the desert" (2-3). A massive pair of crippled stone

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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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