Romanticism In Ozymandias

The Romantic period of poetry wasn’t just about the romantic imaginings of the natural life; it was rife with social and political issues. The Romantic Era was a particularly turbulent time for these problems and the writers of this time reflected day-to-day struggles with poverty, the crushing power of the ruling classes and the previous fall of the French nobles at the hands of those beneath them in various ways.
Shelley’s “Ozymandias” was one such politically driven poem. The idea that a civilization will be unable to outlast a work of art, in this case a statue of a probably long-since dead king was a reference to the turmoil England was in at the time. Shelley’s own feelings towards politics and perhaps the various hubris of humanity …show more content…
Shelley was perhaps inspired by the European fascination with not only things or people of faraway lands, but the mystery and ancient glamour that the Egyptian empire had embodied. The statue within the poem was a lonely, enduring figure in the sands of time that was the last mark of a well-known, almost fantastical society. In Shelley’s poem, the author was not praising the statue, but was pointing out that after the empire of this Ozymandias had fallen the only thing left standing was …show more content…
Blake questions what sort of God that he is aware of, or what kind of God people are taught of; a kind, gentle God could not have created such a creature that seemed to embody violence. The tiger within the poem is at once a thing of immense beauty, but something that also causes dread. The speaker in the poem is terrified at the implications of the tiger’s purpose if God created it? The significance of the tiger is that God may not be wholly good and kind, but have another side that isn’t always explored. Blake endorsed questioning religious beliefs, although he was an extremely spiritual man, he did wonder what all of God’s purposes might be, and what sort of being He