ID#4199 BCS English Preli (43)

P. B. Shelley wrote the famous sonnet Ozymandias in 1818. It tells the story of a traveler who finds the ruins of a statue of an ancient king.

১. The poem explores the theme of the inevitable decline of all leaders and empires.
২. Wordsworth and Coleridge were fellow Romantic poets but did not write this work.
৩. The name "Ozymandias" is a Greek name for the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II.

অতিরিক্ত তথ্য: Shelley was known for his radical views and his tragic death by drowning at age 29.