I appreciate your comment on "visage" there's a sharp difference in philosophy between artists who want to portray beauty/perfection and artists who want to portray reality. Shelly's presentation here could in fact be representative of his stance- though I feel like you could make an argument for both in the poem
I really respect how you did your annotations! I never think to mark the rhyme scheme, but you did a great job at this. Also, your recognition of the juxtaposition between "survive" and "lifeless" is a very interesting observation. I think that Shelley was definitely trying to create an interesting balance between forgotten Ozymandias and the story that is still alive, and this is also evident in the juxtaposition between his "sneer of cold command" and "passions" and the "lifeless things."
I thought about, "King of Kings" also. We have slightly different thoughts. It can be very easily compared to Christ, but like you said, he is atheist. Then why would he use this? Maybe he saw this man really as the King of all Kings. Maybe the King thought of himself as the ultimate King. I compared it to Constantine, who truly saw himself as the ultimate king.
I didn't know what Juxtaposition was, and because of your annotation I looked it up. It is true that "survive" and "lifeless" are close together but their meanings are very different.
While "King of Kings" can serve as a reference to Christ, I believe that we discovered in class that the inscription described was Ozymandias's words from the actual statue that was discovered so I'm not sure it was meant to be a reference to Christ, but the beauty of poetry is that it can be interpreted in many different ways.
I appreciate your comment on "visage" there's a sharp difference in philosophy between artists who want to portray beauty/perfection and artists who want to portray reality. Shelly's presentation here could in fact be representative of his stance- though I feel like you could make an argument for both in the poem
ReplyDeleteI really respect how you did your annotations! I never think to mark the rhyme scheme, but you did a great job at this. Also, your recognition of the juxtaposition between "survive" and "lifeless" is a very interesting observation. I think that Shelley was definitely trying to create an interesting balance between forgotten Ozymandias and the story that is still alive, and this is also evident in the juxtaposition between his "sneer of cold command" and "passions" and the "lifeless things."
ReplyDeleteI thought about, "King of Kings" also. We have slightly different thoughts. It can be very easily compared to Christ, but like you said, he is atheist. Then why would he use this? Maybe he saw this man really as the King of all Kings. Maybe the King thought of himself as the ultimate King. I compared it to Constantine, who truly saw himself as the ultimate king.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what Juxtaposition was, and because of your annotation I looked it up. It is true that "survive" and "lifeless" are close together but their meanings are very different.
ReplyDeleteWhile "King of Kings" can serve as a reference to Christ, I believe that we discovered in class that the inscription described was Ozymandias's words from the actual statue that was discovered so I'm not sure it was meant to be a reference to Christ, but the beauty of poetry is that it can be interpreted in many different ways.
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