Friday, July 24, 2009

Ozymandias

In this poem Shelley tells that she met a traveller who came from ancient Egypt. Who said that there (in egypt) he saw two trunlkless legs standing on the sand, with the head that is fallen down beside the trunkless legs.The sculptor(the man who makes sculptors) made the Ozymandias with so perfection that the face could reflect his cold snear(hostility), his frown, arrogantness, mocking on people etc. On the pedestal it was written the "my name is Ozymandias , King of Kings, look at my work ye might , and despair", this shows that Ozymandias was boastfull and had a fashion/habit of showing off. Now only the decay of that huge wreck remains. the moral behind this poem is that

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