1st September 2020 — Tayla
Ozymandias
- Personal response
- Ideas that come to mind
There is a sculptor that has meaning which i am unsure of the meaning of the sculptor at thie point.
- Feelings/mood/tone
‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings’ this sets the mood because Ozymandias is basically saying that he is ‘the best’
- Anything it reminds you of
The poem reminds me of the real world, it seems to be set in Athens maybe or somewhere that has old ancient buildings from back in the days where the world was ruled by a King
2. Define words you don’t know
- Sculptor: is a faint southern constellation
- Ozymandias: is just the title of two famous sonnets, doesn’t really have a meaning
3. Translate the poem
Original poem:
| Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert… near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal, these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. |
My translation:
I met a traveler from an old dated land Who said: Two huge and trunkless legs of stone. Stand in the desert… near them, on the sand,