Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
@marianhreads original video reading Ozymandias
youtube.com/watch?v=9kvgGN9IghE
The Poetry Foundations notes about Ozymandiaz
poetryfoundation.org/articles/69503/percy-bysshe-shelley-ozymandias
BBC Music Magazine online - Shostakovich: A Composer's Frightening Double Life in Stalin's Soviet Union
classical-music.com/features/composers/shostakovich-40
Marian's discussion questions:
1. The poem begins with a story told by "a traveller from an antique land." Why do you think Shelley frames the poem this way instead of describing the statue directly?
2. How does "Ozymandias" explore the relationship between art and power?
3. In a world of social media and digital footprints, does anything truly disappear the way Ozymandias' empire did?
@marianhreads original video reading Ozymandias
youtube.com/watch?v=9kvgGN9IghE
The Poetry Foundations notes about Ozymandiaz
poetryfoundation.org/articles/69503/percy-bysshe-shelley-ozymandias
BBC Music Magazine online - Shostakovich: A Composer's Frightening Double Life in Stalin's Soviet Union
classical-music.com/features/composers/shostakovich-40
Marian's discussion questions:
1. The poem begins with a story told by "a traveller from an antique land." Why do you think Shelley frames the poem this way instead of describing the statue directly?
2. How does "Ozymandias" explore the relationship between art and power?
3. In a world of social media and digital footprints, does anything truly disappear the way Ozymandias' empire did?
