![]() ![]() His focus on social justice (powered more so by the French Revolution) makes for wonderfully powerful poetry.ĭo you like poetry? If so who is your favourite poet/your favourite movement? Let me know! Much like his wife, Mary Shelley (Author of Frankenstein), Percy Bysshe Shelley is extraordinarily clever with his words and extremely talented. Power is not always security and Time can make a habit out of making you become forgotten. Time can be the downfall of the powerful, can destory your chosen and crafted legacy, and can be what is needed to bring about Revoltion. If anyone would know how great I am and where I lie, let him surpass one of my works…” – Statue Inscription.įrom the broken sonnet structure to the lexical field of destruction, this poem is a powerful take on how the mighty may fall. The lone and level sands stretch far away.” Percy Bysshe Shelley, Source: Shelley’s Poetry and Prose (1977) Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,Īnd wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone ![]() This is because, despite being relatively short, it is an incredibly powerful poem with a cynical yet realistic take on Power, and how it is not guaranteed to last forever. One of my favourite poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was a large part of the Romantic movement, is Ozymandias. Their ideas, ideals, and general self-expressions is something that genuinely shines through in their work, and yet each poet is incredibly unique and individual. ![]() My play, Vanna Helsing, will be performed.The Romantic Poets are some of my favourites.The Power of Female Beauty: Cinderella (2015).The Troll Who Wanted To Build A Wall: A Fable.Writing Dialogue with Subtext: La La Land (2016).published my column on Dexter: New Blood.My screenplay, Pajama Boy, is an Official Selection….My play, Vanna Helsing, will be performed…. ![]() Donate Donate monthly Donate yearly Recent Posts The lone / and lev/el sands / stretch far / a way. Of that / co los/sal wreck, / boundless / and bare, Nothing / be side / re mains. / Round the / de cay Look on / my works, / ye Migh/ty, and / des pair! My name/ is Oz/y man / dias, King / of Kings The hand / that mocked / them, and / the heart / that fed Īnd on / the ped/es tal, / these words / ap pear: Which yet / sur vive, / stamped on / these life/less things, Tell that / its sculp/tor well / those pas/sions read, Half sunk / a shat/tered vis/age lies, / whose frown,Īnd wrink/led lip, / and sneer / of cold / com mand Who said, / Two vast / and trunk/less legs / of stone I met / a trav/ler from / an an/tique land I am open to any feedback if you have a different interpretation. The spondee in line 10 is clear if you listen to Bryan Cranston’s reading on YouTube. The meter is iambic pentameter with 8 trochees and one spondee. Thank you to Hammered Critic and Poemshape for their scansion of this poem. ![]()
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