Below is an example of an author's perspective on a topic. In a short paragraph, explain how you feel about the perspective of the author, based on the reading from this course as well as your own experiences. Be sure to use specific examples or textual evidence to support your response. Once you have completed your post, comment on a classmate’s post to build on his or her ideas, pose questions, or politely agree or disagree and explain why.



Prompt:

The poem you read in this lesson, “Ozymandias," has a distinct perspective on what is powerful and lasting in the world. What are your thoughts on this perspective? Do you agree or disagree?

Below is the poem for your reference.

Ozymandias

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”