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The poem was created as part of a friendly competition in which Shelley and fellow poet Horace Smith each created a poem on the subject of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II under the title of Ozymandias, the Greek name for the pharaoh. Shelley's poem explores the ravages of time and the oblivion to which the legacies of even the greatest are subject.
Ozymandias" (/ ˌ ɒ z ɪ ˈ m æ n d i ə s / OZ-im-AN-dee-əs) [1] is the title of a sonnet published in 1818 by Horace Smith (1779–1849). Smith wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley wrote and published "Ozymandias" in 1818.
Shelley was introduced to Keats in Hampstead towards the end of 1816 by their mutual friend, Leigh Hunt, who was to transfer his enthusiasm from Keats to Shelley.Shelley's initial admiration of Keats was ambiguous: his reception to Keats' Endymion was largely unfavourable, while he found his later work, Hyperion, to be the highest example of contemporary poetry.
Shelley developed a very strong affection towards Jane Williams and addressed a number of poems to her. In most of these poems, Shelley projects his love for Jane in a spiritual and devotional manner. This poem is an example of that. Shelley's affection towards Jane was known to Edward Williams and also to Mary Shelley.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (/ b ɪ ʃ / ⓘ BISH; [1] [2] 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. [3] [4] A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an ...
Shelley's "Ozymandias" was published on 11 January 1818 under the pen name Glirastes, and Smith's poem of the same title was published on 1 February 1818 with the same title under the initials H.S. (and was later renamed in his collection Amarynthus as On a Stupendous Leg of Granite, Discovered Standing by Itself in the Deserts of Egypt, with ...
Poetry analysis is the process of investigating the form of a poem, content, ... "Ozymandias", by Percy Bysshe Shelley "The Cat in the Hat", by Dr. Seuss
Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; With Other Poems is a poem collection by Percy Bysshe Shelley published in 1819. The collection also contains the poems "Lines written on the Euganean Hills", " Hymn to Intellectual Beauty ", and the sonnet " Ozymandias ".