This document provides background information on the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and analyzes his famous poem "Ozymandias." The poem tells of a traveler who comes upon a statue in the desert of a king, Ozymandias, with an inscription boasting of his great works and power. However, only the statue's legs and shattered face remain, showing how time destroys all earthly achievements. The document discusses Shelley's life, literary influences, and analyzes elements of the poem like its form, figures of speech, themes of pride and the relationship between man and nature.

1. P E R C Y B Y S S H E S H E L L E Y
OZYMANDIAS

2. “Till the Future dares
Forget the Past, his fate and fame shall be
An echo and a light unto eternity!”
Percy Bysshe Shelley – Adonais (1821)

3. Introduction
 As a poet
 For what Shelly is famous for
 List of influential writing

4.  Birth:
4 August 1792 Field Place, Horsham, Sussex,
England.
 Died:
8 July 1822 (aged 29) Lerici, Kingdom of
Sardinia(now Italy)
 Occupation :
Poet, dramatist, essayist, novelist
 Literary movement:
Romanticism

5. OZYMANDIAS

6. 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 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

7. SYNOPSIS
 The poem is about the futility of arrogance.
Worldly power will die with you and
eventually time will destroy every mark you
have ever made on the world. The giant statue
was the king's attempt at immortal fame but
it is broken and only the legs remain.

8. ANALYSIS
 Figures of Speech
 Form and Meter
 Setting
 Story behind the title

9. FIGURES OF SPEECH
 Metaphor
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
 Alliteration
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away
 Irony

10. FORM AND METER
 Strange combination of two sonnets:
a) Petrarchan Sonnet
b) Shakespearean/English Sonnet
 Rhyme scheme: (ABABACDCEDEFEF)
Line 1-4 ABAB
Line 5-8 ACDC instead of CDCD
Line 9-12 EDEF instead of EFEF
 Pentameter or Iambic Pentameter ?

11. 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 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

12. SETTING
 Several settings
 Emptiness all-around

13. STORY BEHIND THE TITLE
 "Ozymandias" is an ancient Greek name for Ramses
II of Egypt. It is actually a Greek version of the
Egyptian phrase "User-maat-Re," one of Ramses's
Egyptian names.
 it is therefore no surprise that he chooses to use the
Greek name "Ozymandias," rather than the Egyptian
name. Ramses II was one of Egypt's greatest
pharaohs,
 He is known not only for his building program, but
also for several ambitious foreign military campaigns
and for his diplomacy.

14. THEMES
 Theme of “Art & Culture”
 Theme of Pride
 Theme of Man & the natural
world

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