After reading, assign the writing task on the last slide of the power point presentation. Have a class discussion on the legacy of Ramses II. Encourage them to share and present their research in class to their peers. Then, split students into groups and allow them to research this leader. So, before you assign the poem, use the downloadable power point to introduce Ramses II. However, before they can truly share significant insight into this ruler, they first have to read and learn more about him. Students should also be able to infer how Shelley himself felt about this ruler, using text support and imagery and vocabulary from the poem in order to support their ideas. Then, after they have read the poem, they can continue to research this ancient ruler and discuss him in terms of the words Shelley uses to describe his fallen effigy. Before even beginning to read Shelley’s poem, students should gather some back story about Ramses II. Who was Ramses II? Does his story still live on today, even as his statue lies in ruin somewhere? Indeed it does and we need look no further than the Bible to meet this infamous ruler. Ozymandias is the Greek translation of Ramses name. Although he never mentions the ruler by name in the context of the poem, he is describing Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II.
He was describing a statue, falling to ruins in an Egyptian desert. Percy Bysshe Shelley, a poet best known for his Romantic Era poetry, crafted a fourteen line poem titled Ozymandias.
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