This week we dove back into analyzing poems by reading “Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth” by Shakespeare and “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley. Shakespeare started his poem with a sad, regretful feeling that spoke about the body’s end. However, by the end the tone changed. The poem still conveyed that the body will someday die, but it also introduced the idea that the soul can live on forever. The meaning of “Ozymandias” was exactly the opposite. This poem spoke of a statue that stood alone in the sand. Only the legs were left standing, with the head half sunk in the sand beside it. On a pedestal at the feet of the statue a sign read “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” (Shelley) Ozymandias assumed that his works would go on forever, when in reality, all was forgotten. Shelley used this story to poke fun at the idea of living forever. The statue that Ozymandias created to display how amazing he was only showcase his fall. The poem of the week question asked us to compare and contrast how loss was displayed in both poems. All of the studying done on the poems made me greatly prepared to answer this question. As I remembered the strategies we used to analyze the poems, the essay was easy to write. The work we did with poems this week taught me that the most important part of writing an essay it the preparation you do beforehand. https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/tlc/tipsheets/reading-and-analyzing/how-to-analyze-a-poem.pdf
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