Ozymandias
1818 sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Summary
Ozymandias is a literary work[1]. Ozymandias ranks in the top 0.2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,930 views/month, #57 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley[3]
- Instance of: poetic translation[4]
- Named after: Ramesses II[5]
- Place of publication: London[6]
- Part of: Smith—Shelley 'Ozymandias' competition[7]
- Commons category: Ozymandias[8]
- Language of work or name: English[9]
- Country of origin: England[10], United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[11]
- Inception: 1817[12]
- Publication date: January 11, 1818[13]
- Has edition or translation: Ozymandias[14]
- Main subject: arrogance[15], power[16], hubris[17], impermanence[18]
- Described at URL: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46565/ozymandias[19]
- Title: Ozymandias[20]
- Different from: Ozymandias[21]
- First line: I met a traveller from an antique land[22]
- Used metre: iambic pentameter[23]
- Number of parts of this work: 14 Scansion[24]
- Last line: The lone and level sands stretch far away.[25]
- Copyright status: public domain[26]
- Form of creative work: poem[27], sonnet[28]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Ozymandias include Ozymandias[29], a television series episode[30], directed by Rian Johnson[31].
Why It Matters
Ozymandias has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Ozymandias is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for Ozymandias include Ozymandias[29], a television series episode[30], directed by Rian Johnson[31].