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    about how lonely you will be with it. 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

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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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    Paying attention to subject matter and style‚ discuss the effectiveness of “Ozymandias” as a poem. An artist paints with colors; a poet uses lines and stanzas‚ and just as we must look deeply at a picture‚ our cursory reading of a poem cannot dictate our final opinion about the effectiveness of a poem. Accordingly‚ an in-depth reading of “Ozymandias‚” would make it possible for one to determine the effectiveness of subject matter while also seizing the opportunity to appreciate its style. At the

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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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    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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    all has been turned to dust by the impersonal‚ indiscriminate‚ destructive power of history. The poem remains primarily an ironic and compelling critique of Ozymandias and other rulers like him‚ but it is also a striking meditation on time-bound humanity. In this poem Shelley attempts to highlight the true value of language and poetry. Ozymandias makes the point that language has an immortality which other art forms do not. It is for this reason that Shelley also asserted ’all

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    Owen Rowe Mrs. L. Allen Advanced Placement English Literature 1/10/15 Poetry Response 1: “Ozymandias” The anonymity‚ form‚ diction‚ and irony used in the poem “Ozymandias‚" by Percy Bysshe Shelley‚ conveys to the reader the useless endeavor of pursuing human vanity. Shelley’s lack of dialogue and anonymity along with the unraveling form in which the poem is written crafts a poignant and ironic message that reveals the human folly of the pursuit for vanity. Shelley provides perceptive proof that

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    OZYMANDIAS 1. What kind of man was the Pharaoh Ozymandias‚ do you think? Quote from the poem to substantiate your answer. 2. The poet takes great care to describe‚ in lines 4 and 5‚ the ‘passions’ of Ozymandias that are ‘stamped on these lifeless things’ (line 7). What is the effect of the juxtaposition of ‘passions’ and ‘lifeless’? What is Shelley suggesting about human ambition? 3. The ‘hand’ and the ‘heart’ (line 8) are‚ of course‚ the hand and heart of the sculptor‚ not Ozymandias. Discuss

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    1. Ozymandias is the name of one of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh and the place was called an “antique land” suggests that the country referred to has an older history such as Ancient Egypt. 2. The statue was described as “vast” and “boundless”. 3. The original monument was a royal tomb or religious temple to Ozymandias. 4. The ‘shattered visage’ is the face of Ozymandias‚ the pharaoh. 5. “Read” means that the sculptor understands and is able to reproduce the exact features of 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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