Ben Powers, #4321
Mr. Powers
AP English Language, pd. 3
October 20, 2010
The Mark That Will Not Last
Shelly’s poem “Ozymandias” is a reflection on the notion of impermanence, or mutability, the idea that nothing lasts forever. The poem contrasts this fundamental truth with the human desire for permanence, revealing, in the end, the speaker’s attitude that our desire for permanence is nothing more than arrogance and pride.
The speaker presents an image of a once “colossal” but now crumbling statue…
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