Question

Which author wrote 'Ozymandias'?

Answer 1

Percy Bysshe Shelley

A sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), written in 1817. Ozymandias was the Greek name of Pharaoh Ramses II. The colossal monument to the apparently self-styled 'King of Kings' has shattered, illustrating the precarious, transitory nature of his power.

Answer 2

Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote "Ozymandias," a sonnet poem published in 1818 that reflects on the transience of power and the inevitability of decline.

Answer 3

Ozymandias was written by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English Romantic poet who was a major figure in the second generation of the Romantic movement. He is best known for his works Ozymandias and Prometheus Unbound, as well as a number of other poems such as To a Skylark, The Masque of Anarchy, and Adonais. He was a proponent of liberal political causes such as vegetarianism, abolitionism, and the rights of women. His works are often seen as critiques of political and social injustice.