Ozymandias was one of several Greek names for Ramses II of Egypt. The inscription suggests that Ozymandias is arrogant; he called himself the “king of kings.” Ozymandias also brags about his “works” maybe he’s referring to some of his famous temples he constructed. In the inscription the phrase “look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” he talking about how “Mighty” his works or his kingdom are and be “despair1” because no matter how hard people try to be like him they won’t achieve …show more content…
In the poem Shelley wrote about the West Wind as a powerful being, he back it up by listing a series of things the wind has done to illustrate it power. Placing seeds in the earth, driving away the autumn leaves, stirring up the seas and oceans, and bringing thunderstorms and cyclical “death” of the natural world. Like his poem Ozymandias, Shelley mentions death in his poem to contract life. In the poem, he asked the West Wind to give him power or life but he mentions death when illustrating the West Wind power, like Ozymandias poem he wrote in