I liked that you noted that there is another character in the poem--the sculptor--about which we know very little. He is the only person who could tell the reader what it was like under the reign of Ozymandias, but his is also the only voice that we don't get to hear. We only "see" how he felt through the removed description of his crumbled sculpture.
It's cool that you pointed out that a sonnet was unusual for the time. Because we talked about the period of Romanticism in class, and how the poem fit within that idea, but I didn't know that a sonnet was unusual for this time period. And considering it was written as part of a contest, I think that was a brilliant idea on Shelley's part!
A few things stood out to me about your annotations. It was interesting that you drew a pyramid to represent the narrow, moderate, and wide points of view. And good catch noticing the sculptor as a character! The poem, which at first seems very simple, becomes more complex as we add characters to it.
I liked that you noted that there is another character in the poem--the sculptor--about which we know very little. He is the only person who could tell the reader what it was like under the reign of Ozymandias, but his is also the only voice that we don't get to hear. We only "see" how he felt through the removed description of his crumbled sculpture.
ReplyDeleteIt's cool that you pointed out that a sonnet was unusual for the time. Because we talked about the period of Romanticism in class, and how the poem fit within that idea, but I didn't know that a sonnet was unusual for this time period. And considering it was written as part of a contest, I think that was a brilliant idea on Shelley's part!
ReplyDeleteA few things stood out to me about your annotations. It was interesting that you drew a pyramid to represent the narrow, moderate, and wide points of view. And good catch noticing the sculptor as a character! The poem, which at first seems very simple, becomes more complex as we add characters to it.
ReplyDelete