preview

The Great Statue In Ozymandias By Percy Bysshe Shelley

Decent Essays

We as humans tend to live a materialistic life, both in trying to accumulate wealth and in trying to acquire fame in achievements in an effort to leave our mark on this earth. In his sonnet “Ozymandias”, Percy Bysshe Shelley retells the story of a traveler who has seen what is left of a once great statue in the middle of the dessert. Through the use of multiple dialogues, imagery, and irony, Percy Bysshe Shelley explains to the reader that no matter how powerful a person may become, his possessions and his power will die and wither away just as he will. The sonnet is told in a second hand fashion by the author to separate himself from the work and to have multiple speakers describe the statue and the words engraved on it. The statue is depicted

Get Access