Ozymandias (Smith)
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"Ozymandias" (/ˌɒziˈmændiəs/ OZ-ee-MAN-dee-əs)[1] is the title of a sonnet published in 1818 by Horace Smith (1779–1849). Smith wrote the poem in friendly competition with his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley wrote and published "Ozymandias" in 1818. Smith's poem was published in The Examiner three weeks after Shelley's, on February 1, 1818. It explores the fate of history and the ravages of time: even the greatest men and the empires they forge are impermanent, their legacies fated to decay into oblivion.
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Ozymandias (Smith) | |
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by Horace Smith | |
First published in | 1 February 1818 |
Country | England |
Form | Sonnet |
Meter | ABBA BABA CCD CDD |
Publisher | The Examiner |
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This article is about the Horace Smith sonnet. For the competing poem by Percy Shelley, see Ozymandias. For other uses, see Ozymandias (disambiguation).