Comparing Poems 'Haunted Palace And Ozymandias'

Beauty of Nature Every known poem no matter how many lines or how complex the words are, cannot be interpreted in one particular manner. Based on personal experiences we are able to decipher poems in unique ways. “The Haunted Palace” by Poe and “Ozymandias” by Shelly, have various interpretations, but the main focus these poems make are towards the environment. These poems link the description of the environment to human life by adding certain elements such as, “Radiant palace-reared its ugly head” (4) and “Wrinkled lips and sneer of cold command” (5) in order to hint the readers that the poem has a connection to human behavior. The Haunted Palace tells us the story of how a beautiful palace decorated and shining was destroyed and laid to

We know from the title that he is talking about Egypt. The traveler told the speaker a story about an old, fragmented statue in the middle of the desert. The statue is broken apart, but you can still make out the face of the person. The face looks stern and powerful, like that of a ruler. In line 2 the traveler describes two “legs of stone” (2) with no torso, thus giving us our first hint that the statue is partly destroyed. In line 4 the head of the statue is “shatter’d” and partially buried in sand. “Visage” (4) was also used as a stand in for the statues head. It is well known in ancient civilization to carve statues of rulers for display, but this specific statue gives a deeper meaning that is used to capture what kind of ruler this was. In line 6 and 7, the sculptor is praised for his ability to represent the rulers “passions” (6) in the statue, which are “stamp’d” (7) in stone. The stones may be lifeless but they still give life to the passions that still survive. “The hand that mocked” (8) was still referring to the sculptors work at imitating the ruler, and “The heart that fed” gave a new idea about the ruler. This introduced a new kind side to the ruler that was originally not known. In line 11 and line 12 Ozymandias explains how no matter the size and strength, everything always crumbles just like the statue. In line 13 the poem tells us