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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.
Percy Shelley wrote competing sonnets with his friend, Horace Smith, both called “Ozymandias.” But Smith later changed his title to “On A Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with the Inscription Inserted Below,” which begins, redundantly: “In Egypt’s sandy silence, all alone, / Stands a ...
In antiquity, Ozymandias (Ὀσυμανδύας, Osymandýas) was a Greek name for the pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279–1213 BC), derived from a part of his throne name, Usermaatre. In 1817, Shelley began writing the poem "Ozymandias", after the British Museum acquired the Younger Memnon, a head-and-torso fragment of a statue of Ramesses II ...
‘Ozymandias’ is one of Shelley's best poems, portraying a decaying statue in a desert with the inscription “Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair”. This stark imagery contrasts the once-mighty ruler's declaration, emphasizing the fleeting nature of human achievements.
“Ozymandias” is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley wrote “Ozymandias” in 1817 as part of a poetry contest with a friend and had it published in The Examiner in 1818 under the pen name Glirastes.
Shelley’s contribution was “Ozymandias,” one of the best-known sonnets in European literature. In addition to the Diodorus passage, Shelley must have recalled similar examples of boastfulness in the epitaphic tradition.
Understanding Ozymandias: Expert Poem Analysis. With its heavy irony and iconic line, "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" "Ozymandias" is one of the most famous poems of the Romantic era. It was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1817 and eventually became his most famous work.
Ozymandias. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Track 38 on The Complete Poetical Works Of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume 2. This classic sonnet uses a decaying statue of Ramesses II, also called Ozymandias, as...
Ozymandias. by Percy Bysshe Shelley. 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.
Librivox recording of "Ozymandias," read by David Barnes. Glirastes"Glirastes," the made-up name by which Shelley signed this poem in its first printing in The Examiner on January 11, 1818, is an inside joke and a note of affection for his wife Mary Shelley.
