ozymandias

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I met a traveler 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, 5

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; imitated

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: 10

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Humans throughout history have striven to overcome their mortality by

leaving something of themselves behind -- evidence of their existence. The

subject of Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" is an ancient king who shared this

common desire, but not in a common way. He not only wanted to leave behind

a record of himself for future generations, he wanted his memory exalted

above that of others, and even above the "Mighty" who would li

wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command" and the inscription on the

historical allusion, "Ozymandias" reminds us of our mortality through the

seated statue which would have stood 57 feet high and must have weighed

actually a flawed spelling of the first part of Ramses' name. This tie

control, bowing to no one. As this rhyme scheme does not rely on

image of the king and rid him of the awe-inspiring ability he once

intends -- to hold onto the glory of his works after time takes its course

despair -- before time took away the threat. The Ramesseum contains the

Approximate Word count = 904
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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