“Ozymandias” Percy Bysshe Shelley Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley was born August 4, 1792, at Field Place, near Horsham, Sussex, England. The eldest son of Timothy and Elizabeth Shelley, with one brother and four sisters, he stood in line to inherit not only his grandfather's considerable estate but also a seat in Parliament. He attended Eton College for six years beginning in 1804, and then went on to Oxford University. He began writing poetry while at Eton, but his first publication was a Gothic novel, Zastrozzi (1810), in which he voiced his own heretical and atheistic opinions through the villain Zastrozzi. By age 21, he published his first long serious work, Queen Mab: A Philosophical Poem. The poem emerged from Shelley's friendship with the British philosopher William Godwin, and it expressed Godwin's freethinking Socialist philosophy. Shelley also became enamored of Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft's daughter, Mary, and in 1814 they eloped to Europe. In 1815 the couple went to Lake Geneva, where Shelley spent a great deal of time with George Gordon, Lord Byron, sailing on Lake Geneva and discussing poetry and other topics, including ghosts and spirits, into the night. During one of these ghostly "seances," Byron proposed that each person present should write a ghost story. Mary's contribution to the contest became the novel Frankenstein. This is the height of the period known as Romanticism which stressed free thinking with an emphasis on the imagination-especially the unusual and bizarre On July 8, 1822, shortly before his thirtieth birthday, Shelley was drowned in a storm while attempting to sail from Leghorn to La Spezia, Italy, in his schooner, the Don Juan.

History Ozymandias –Greek name for Ramses II - Ruled Egypt c B.C. Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Characters Speaker –Establishes the situation Traveler –Describes the ruins “Ozymandias” –Provides the message carved on the pedestal Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Octet The speaker meets a traveler from an “antique land” who describes the ruins found in the desert Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Diction Trunkless legs Half sunk Shattered visageShattered visage Frown Wrinkled lip Sneer of cold command Lifeless things Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Tone Decay Death Abandonment Desertion Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Sestet Message on the pedestal –“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” (10-11) Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Irony The message lives on, but the king is dead The message is meant to intimidate, but are we intimidated by the dead king? Is Ozymandias still the king of kings? How would we define the works of Ozymandias? –Destroyed –Decaying Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Final Comments “Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” (12-14) The sand seems to be infinite while the “colossal wreck” appears to be garbage sitting in the desert. Griley Griley /British Literature Shelley's "Ozymandias"

Jeremiah Lamenting Using the Jeremiah worksheet that we did in class looking at light and color describe all the details of the photo of Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of the temple (canvas assignment question) By the next block period you will need to write a free verse poem minimum 12 lines long in which you speak as if you are Jeremiah (1 st person) voicing what he must be thinking in the photo. Follow the instructions on the worksheet don’t forget to include the actual photo of Jeremiah on your poem, these will be going in the window so make a key to highlight the poetic devices used. This should not RHYME!!!!!!!

Powerpoint/Sway Presentations Due May 1st Each group must have a minimum of 3-5 people (9- 10 groups total) Each person in group must write their own slide information (photos, clip art). Minimum of 2 slides per person Author study slide must have author’s background and historical time period in England/America/THEMES. Literary Criticism Theory Must include vocabulary words Must describe Diction Imagery Point of View Structure, Syntax in context of SOAPSTONE Describe Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Structure, Tone