Just. Bruh. This is like the "DM me frog" — this is so stupid to get in.
Ozymandias - PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
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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,
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. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.” -
What is it telling us? Is it referring to how every powerful (prestige, wealth, control) human that lives before us thinks that they're powerful enough to rule the whole land but forget that there's no more stronger and much powerful rather than time? Since time never ends but human lives has its limits does it signify that?
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@mvie_20 Wish I had the intellectual ability to discuss that with you but yeah thats roughly what this poem is about.
"The major theme behind "Ozymandias" is that all power is temporary, no matter how prideful or tyrannical a ruler is"
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@sup I see. Thanks.
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@sup I had to study this at GCSE 💀
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@LizaJellybean said in Ozymandias - PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY:
@sup I had to study this at GCSE 💀
10th grade for us 💀
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Captivating , penetrative , and above all meaningful.
One of my favorites! -
@sup same 10th 💀