Ozymandias

They sounded a bit like poetry, and I remembered the name Ozymandias from a poem which I had found in a book, one of the dozen or so on the shelf in the parlor.

The White Mountains John Christopher 2003

They sounded a bit like poetry, and I remembered the name Ozymandias from a poem which I had found in a book, one of the dozen or so on the shelf in the parlor.

The White Mountains John Christopher 2003

Whereas the landscape in "Ozymandias" reflects the barren and desiccated prophecy of tyranny however, that of "On the Medusa" seems to figure forth the Medusa's fertility -- even after her dismemberment.

Shelley, Medusa, and the Perils of Ekphrasis 1996

Adrian Veidt, a.k.a. Ozymandias, is one of the most ambiguous figures in modern literature.

The Moral Exemplars of Watchmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

Although Ozymandias is clearly troubled by the deaths he caused, he ultimately belived that he did the right thing.

The Moral Exemplars of Watchmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

Medusa's decapitation leads to a form of rebirth, while the dislocation in Ozymandias augurs a panorama of "lone and level sands". back

Shelley, Medusa, and the Perils of Ekphrasis 1996

Moore wants the reader to focus his attention on the expression Ozymandias wears and the pat content of the eulogy.

The Edge of the American West 2009

After waffling all day (it felt so permanent), I finally settled on Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" -- a poem I liked but didn't have a real emotional connection with.

John Lundberg: Share Your Favorite Poem With Us! 2009

Or, if he had the lyrical skills of Percy Shelley, he might express it more elegantly, as in Shelley's sonnet poem "Ozymandias" - another name for Ramesses the Great, Pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt, whose headless statue was found in the desert.

Desert Chic?--or Death in the Dunes? Obama Walks a Fine Line. 2009

After waffling all day (it felt so permanent), I finally settled on Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" -- a poem I liked but didn't have a real emotional connection with.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009