Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley Flashcards
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context - Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
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written in 1817
english poet born in england
Romantic poet
inspired by statue of Rameses II (Ozymandias - pharaoh who ordered statue made, thought himself god-like, indestructible), which was being transported from Egypt to British Museum in London
power does not last over time, pride comes before a fall
shows interest in exotic settings
sonnet - octet and sestet
destruction of Sadam Hussein’s statue in Baghdad was compared to the poem
