


The BBC explains why and embeds the trailer in the webpage. The tv show Breaking Bad featured the poem "Ozymandias" in a trailer for the final season. This website shows the statue of Ramses II (Ozymandias), the discovery of which may have inspired Shelley's poem. Poetry Download Article 1 An iambic pentameter is a line of poetry consisting of five feet, or groups of syllables. Use only 10 syllables per line, and ensure that the first four lines rhyme ABAB. Step 3 Write the first four lines of the sonnet in the iambic meter of unstressed then stressed syllables. Step 2 Write some pairs of rhymes you will use in your sonnet to express that idea. Real iambic pentameter means five unstressed-stressed units (dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM dah DUM): shall I comPARE thee TO a SUMmer’s DAY Each unit may be two syllables, but not always, (it BRILliantly SOARED could be counted as two iambs). Step 1 Develop an idea related to a feeling of love. Shelley first published "Ozymandias" in The Examiner in 1818, under the name "Glirastes." This is a scan of the first edition printing. Beginners may count out 10 syllables per line. Rhyme scheme: Poems such as sonnets that make use of end rhymes (rhymes at the end of each line), often do so according to a repeating, predetermined pattern. The Bodleian Library at Oxford University digitized and transcribed an early draft of "Ozymandias" from 1817 and made it available online. For example, iambic pentameter is a type of meter used in many sonnets that contains five iambs per line (thus the prefix penta, which means five). The British Library has a short introduction to "Ozymandias" that includes excerpts of potential sources for the poem, historical information about Ramses II (Ozymandias), as well as details about Shelley's radical politics.

British Library's "Introduction to Ozymandias"
