[Lady Blue03]

Well, those of you poetry buffs know "Ozymandias" is a famous poem written by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Now, I admit its a good poem, but, I'm supposed to present to my Lit class tomorrow on various aspects of it: Speaker, tone, audience, ect. which is easy enough. My problem is this: My teacher as well as our Lit book describe this as a romantic poem, and I can't make head or tail of how it's even romotley romantic. I'll post it for yas

I met a traveler 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 surviv, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my words, 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.

Romantic...? Help please [img]tongue.gif[/img] Also, the theme, I'm having trouble putting it to words...something like 'what goes around comes around' or something to that affect. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks [img]smile.gif[/img]