ozymandias

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English

 

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Daniel C

 

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October 5, 2012

 

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A shattered stone statue with only the legs and head remaining, standing in the desert, the face is proud and arrogant, "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"(lines, 4-6). On the pedestal of the statue, there are these words, ?"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'"(Lines, 10-11)...
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This poem is written to express to us that possessions don't mean immortality, the king who seemed to think that his kingdom would remain under his statue's haughty gaze forever, ironically teaches us this through his epitaph. "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"(Line, 11) becomes good advice, though in an opposite meaning than the king intended, for it comes to mean that despite all the power and might one acquires in the course of their life, material possessions will not last forever...
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