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Post by jonah21 on May 10, 2016 0:31:36 GMT
Going back to the presentation about Ozymandias today, you all learned that there was a competition between Horace and Percy between who can write the better sonnet about Ozymandias. Your task is to respond to what you did today. What poem do you think was the more successful? Why?
Also, keep in mind these questions and try to answer some of these:
- Can we leave a lasting impression on the world?
- Why bother to build things when it will eventually return to dust?
- What's the purpose of life if we will be forgotten?
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Post by mohahaha on May 10, 2016 10:22:50 GMT
Personally, I prefer the poem by Hoarce Smith, since his choice of words were more simplistic and he compares it to London of how possibly it's fate is going to be. But mostly it means that every civilization, at their highest point will eventually go to a downfall from there. But that great civilization, without it, then there would be no progress of today's world because that civilization have greatly influenced ideas, and then the next people of power will use it to build upon it which led to today's modern world. So the reason of why we "bother" to build things when it will eventually return to dust is to make life more easier at that time until it's purpose of that thing is either done, or a better way was found. For example, remember the old mobile phones ? we invented those to which eventually led into smartphones today. Even though their purpose is more than just calling, it's for entertainment, making life easier by knowing the news of an event happened 2 minutes ago with a touch of an app.
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Post by Jooyoung on May 12, 2016 5:04:15 GMT
I personally like Horace Smith's Ozymandias better! I loved how he connects the past to the future. In addition, I think it expressed the theme, "Nothing lasts forever", better because he used a direct context. He compared the our reaction to remains of ancient civilization to future generation's reaction to remains of possibly England. This is very unlike Percy's work because Percy gave more of a metaphorical context which could be more difficult to understand.
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Post by graceyichen on May 14, 2016 2:03:03 GMT
- Why bother to build things when it will eventually return to dust?
- What's the purpose of life if we will be forgotten?
I think of these two questions, and I think IKR "Why do we bother", "What is the purpose"
In a way, we have to find purpose in life. It's not so much about "Yeah! What's the purpose??", it's like we're already here, born, so for the time being, we gotta try to make something. Not that we want to, if we don't, what are we going to do, how are we going to survive, compete. Therefore, I think it's a precious thing to have in life if you know your answer to these questions. I don't know yet.
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Post by jin794 on May 15, 2016 11:43:29 GMT
I liked Horace Smith's Ozymandias better than the other because he expressed the theme of mortality: nothing really lasts forever by using his knowledge and analysis. He used more of a direct comparison such as comparing our reaction to remains of ancient civilization to future reaction, as mentioned. However, Percy's literature was quite hard to understand because it contained more of metaphorical sentences that seemed more dramatic than that of Smith's work.
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Post by christopher on May 15, 2016 12:42:35 GMT
I kind of preferred Horace's poem because it is more direct and easy to understand. Percy's poem is more abstract than Horace and takes a bit of time to understand the poem.
Nothing lasts forever. The things that we accumulate in life is meaningless because we cannot take it with us when we die. Personally, since everything is meaningless, I usually keep on reminding myself to rather be an impact on other people. I think that is not meaningless because it will at least go on in the 'mortal' world.
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Post by lucia on May 16, 2016 13:56:05 GMT
Although Horace's poem was easier to understand, I prefer Percey's. I think it does a better job describing its metaphor and does it in a way that adds more interest. I also liked how the poem described Ozymandias and his personality. He explained how the king used to be mighty and powerful than any other kings but later on, Percy talks about how time brought his glories to an end.
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Post by andrewcho77 on May 22, 2016 7:50:31 GMT
I would prefer Percey's because the vibe was more mysterious. I believe that his poem is more harder to understand and have deep meanings than Horace's poem. I get that Horace's poem is easy to understand but I think that Percey's have more metaphor and more interesting. As christopher said "nothing last forever", everything is gonna be dead if the apocalypse come. Only humans will remember humans. No other living species will remember except maybe your dog or cat.
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