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OZYMANDIAS

OZYMANDIAS. BY Percy Bysshe Shelly. “ Fear not for the future , weep not for the past .”. Percy Bysshe Shelly. 1792, England 1822, Italy English Romantic poet. Percy Bysshe Shelly. was against English politics and conservational ideas

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OZYMANDIAS

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  1. OZYMANDIAS BY PercyByssheShelly “Fear not forthefuture, weep not forthepast.”

  2. PercyByssheShelly • 1792, England • 1822, Italy • EnglishRomanticpoet

  3. PercyByssheShelly • wasagainstEnglishpoliticsandconservationalideas • William Butler, AlfredTennyson, Robert Browning

  4. PercyByssheShelly • MythologicalthemesandfiguresfromGreekpoetry

  5. Ozymandias • Travelerfrom an antiqueland • Tells a storyaboutColossalWreck

  6. Ozymandias • Twovastlegs • Stone head

  7. Ozymandias Shatteredvisage Sneer of coldcommand Thesculpturunderstoodtheemotions of statue’ssubjectwell. frown Wrinkledlip

  8. Ozymandias • Emotionssurvivestamped on thelifelessstatue.

  9. Ozymandias My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on myworks, ye Mighty, anddespair !

  10. Ozymandias • Justloneandlevelsandsremainroundthedecay of thatColossalWreck.

  11. Comments Ozymandias’sworkshavedisappeared, his civilization is gone, all has been turned to dust by thedestructivepower of history.

  12. Comments Theruinedstatue is a monument to one man’s hubris, and a powerful statement about the insignificance of human beings to the passage of time.

  13. Comments • metaphor for the ephemeral nature of political power • metaphor for the pride and hubris of all of humanity

  14. References • http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/shelley/section2.rhtml • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxR5JKLVA8

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