Ozymandias

In Ozymandias, Shelley employs several historical allusions to provide context for the poem’s events. The most prominent of these is the reference to the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization. This analogy adds poignancy to the story of Ozymandias, who was once a great and powerful ruler but is now…

Ozymandias is one of Shelley’s most renowned poems, and with good reason. The poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1818, is about the magnificent ruins of a once great and mighty king. Ozymandias was the name of an Egyptian king who ruled over a vast empire. The Tragedy…