OZYMANDIAS

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I met a traveller from an antique land,

Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; 

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

VOCABULARY:
visage- rostro
frown- ceño
sneer - expresión de desprecio
mock-reproducir
decay- desmoronamiento
Wreck-naufragio, fracaso
boundless-sin limite
level- llano

ACTIVITIES:
1- There are 4 persons in the poem. Who are they?.
2-What do we know about Ozymandias? What are the words used in the poem to describe him?
3- Find in the poem words or phrases associated with decay
4-What is the message in the story about the life of Ozymandias?

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