Ozymandias of Egypt
The classic poem Ozymandias of Egypt by P.B. Shelley
The classic poem Ozymandias of Egypt by P.B. Shelley
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B006RMR79M
Pages no: 2
Edition language: English
This is a rather short poem, a sonnet to be precise, being a poem of sixteen lines with a specific metre. Now, while I like poetry, I would hardly call myself a poet in that my skill in writing metre is not the best, and in many cases I fall into a system of rhyme, which I find to be pretty corny (a...
Nation's Favourite Poems: features in a 1996 nationwide poll compilation.From wiki - t is frequently anthologised and is probably Shelley's most famous short poem. It was written in competition with his friend Horace Smith, who wrote another sonnet entitled "Ozymandias"Famous it might be, and the su...