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this poem captures my worldview so well and shelley remains one of my favourite poets. this is probably one of the most famous, but a classic favourite of mine.
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I met a traveller 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 survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, 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.”
Jul 2, 2024
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🌊master of meter, style, and sadness i dont read or write anymore but was always inspired by his works even if they are old or outdated. wrote probably the greatest lyrical poems in the English language like break break break, the oak, crossing the bar, tears idle tears, ulysses, the lady of shallot, the lotos eaters etc…
also used to love keats, lord byron, edmund spenser, swinburne, manley hopkins, dryden, Milton, and my second favorite poet is probably ae housman
also used to love keats, lord byron, edmund spenser, swinburne, manley hopkins, dryden, Milton, and my second favorite poet is probably ae housman
Mar 7, 2024
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the clock strikes ten and my thoughts drift to the city I hold nearest and dearest to my heart, which naturally can only be followed up with terribly structured, not proof-read poetry! I think it’s good to embrace your art at its most mediocre, only then will you be able to achieve true greatness.
Jul 18, 2025
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📖it sounds stupid and pretentious but every time I see one of those old school British actors recite some old Wordsworth poem i think damn you really did it!!! Or George Steiner has those beautiful stories about the value of Talmudic memory during the holocaust, or Pasternak standing up to Stalin during the Soviet Writer's Conference in the 30s surely to be arrested and making everyone recite Shakespeare's "I summon up remembrance of things past.." its so powerful!!! Recitation and memory has such strength to it, and I want to keep it strong!
I'm trying to learn a Blake poem rn and I feel such a special connection to every line when I learn them... who cares if im pretentious!!!!!!
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a japanese coming of age movie that genuinely just changed my life...
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🎂my name also has eleven letters. all my siblings were born on the eleventh of their birth months too. some people say we are part of a conspiracy.
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🍌i actually like jd salinger its quite nice and it starts with the banana fish short story so i love it <3
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