When Mr. Rosinski asked us to construct a thematic statement revolving around Shelly's "Ozymandias," I knew that I would not be able to come up with something relatively accurate without referring to the internet or some other reliable source. It's not that I don't understand poetry, but I tend to overanalyze it. Before I had Josh Livingston my junior year, I seemed to be on the right track as my peers, maybe even a step or two ahead, but something was driven into my mind that makes me see poetry in a completely different way, and I'm not so sure I like it.
My thematic statement went something like... "In 'Ozymandias,' the power of time drives society's intellect universally," or something in that ball park which made absolutely no sense. What I mainly got from the poem itself was that the "Power of Time" was indeed a relevant theme and then I used it to try to explain that it controls society as one body and that few are able to actually think for themselves.
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