Ozymandias Essay

In the poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley the speaker, Percy him self or somebody else explains a meeting with someone who has traveled to place where ancient civilization once existed. From the title “Ozymandias” tell the location of the poem, which is Egypt. The traveler told the speaker about a place the traveler visit during his travels. He told the speaker about a place in the desert, in the middle of the desert lay a fragmented of a broken apart statue but the resemble of a man face can still made out. The face of the statue look stern and powerful, like a ruler. The sculptor did a good job at articulating the ruler’s character. The poem describes the man to be a wicked ruler but good to his people. On the pedestal near the face, …show more content…
Ozymandias was one of several Greek names for Ramses II of Egypt. The inscription suggests that Ozymandias is arrogant; he called himself the “king of kings.” Ozymandias also brags about his “works” maybe he’s referring to some of his famous temples he constructed. In the inscription the phrase “look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” he talking about how “Mighty” his works or his kingdom are and be “despair1” because no matter how hard people try to be like him they won’t achieve …show more content…
In the poem Shelley wrote about the West Wind as a powerful being, he back it up by listing a series of things the wind has done to illustrate it power. Placing seeds in the earth, driving away the autumn leaves, stirring up the seas and oceans, and bringing thunderstorms and cyclical “death” of the natural world. Like his poem Ozymandias, Shelley mentions death in his poem to contract life. In the poem, he asked the West Wind to give him power or life but he mentions death when illustrating the West Wind power, like Ozymandias poem he wrote in