I hadn't considered that it was a romantic, love poem and that could tie into a king's self obsession. That makes more sense regarding how Shelley felt about royalty and politics, and I wonder if that's why the sonnet form "crumbles" - to show how (he might have believed) self-obsession leads to downfall.
The statue being in tact in other places really surprised me. It makes me wonder if Shelley intentionally used this particular ruler to prove a point or if it was just selected for less significant reasons.
I find it interesting that you circled "lies", and then annotated "somone lies". What do you mean by that? That the statue lies?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't considered that it was a romantic, love poem and that could tie into a king's self obsession. That makes more sense regarding how Shelley felt about royalty and politics, and I wonder if that's why the sonnet form "crumbles" - to show how (he might have believed) self-obsession leads to downfall.
ReplyDeleteThe statue being in tact in other places really surprised me. It makes me wonder if Shelley intentionally used this particular ruler to prove a point or if it was just selected for less significant reasons.
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