“Ozymandias” is a sonnet by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. It was originally published in the January 1818 issue of the weekly paper The Examiner and was then republished in Shelley’s 1819 collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue; with Other Poems. Frequently alluded to in popular culture and considered one of the best-known English sonnets, the poem reflects on the impermanence of power, and those who hold it, while delivering a message about the longevity of art.
The English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) ranks as one of the greatest lyric poets in the history of English literature.Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Field Place near Horsham, Suss...
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The life and works of Percy Bysshe Shelley exemplify Romanticism in both its extremes of joyous ecstasy and brooding despair. The major themes are there in Shelley's dramatic if short life and in hi...
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While Percy Bysshe Shelley's reputation rests primarily on his considerable accomplishments as one of the great English Romantic poets, he left a substantial body of prose writings, among them one of ...
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Percy Shelley was a poet, literary theorist, translator, political thinker, pamphleteer, and social activist. A voluminous reader and bold experimenter, he is worth consulting on any of the multifario...
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Biography EssayThe life and works of Percy Bysshe Shelley exemplify Romanticism in both its extremes of joyous ecstasy and brooding despair. The major themes are there in Shelley's dramatic if short l...
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley