Ozymandias
Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1818. The name Ozymandias means “a tyrant, a dictator, a megalomaniac.” The message of this poem is that power is temporary, even that of great rulers who may believe their power to be immortal.
Ozymandias, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1818. The name Ozymandias means “a tyrant, a dictator, a megalomaniac.” The message of this poem is that power is temporary, even that of great rulers who may believe their power to be immortal.