“The Earth is littered with the ruins of empires that believed they were eternal.” -Camille Paglia

@jannisfaber

3 жыл бұрын

Rome is in a certain way.

@FreemanicParacusia

3 жыл бұрын

American here. Kinda feels like we’re in one.

@Jonpoo1

3 жыл бұрын

@@FreemanicParacusia Brit here. We’ve already got a seat reserved for you next to Napoleon.

@bobpoems7152

3 жыл бұрын

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand

@lamehick7511

3 жыл бұрын

@@jannisfaber yet, rome still stands as the foundation of our current world.

Bowling alley animations when you get a strike:

@NessieAndrew

4 жыл бұрын

I wish they played this

@joshuadeckard-anderson9579

4 жыл бұрын

I have been laughing at this comment for a solid 30 seconds.

@HamacekS

4 жыл бұрын

Haha nice! Look on my works...!

@tiko4621

4 жыл бұрын

Hammers Nah this is cool stuff. Breaking bad is a masterpiece I’ve only just witnessed. Animations solid my dude

@roddydykes7053

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao “Nothing yet remains” will catch on as the new term for “strike”

The way he says "my name is ozymandias, king of kings" gives me goosebumps every time

@HamacekS

3 жыл бұрын

Magido89 ik me too still 😉

@rdxlive113

3 жыл бұрын

Yes me too 😰😰

@andrewsheng1226

3 жыл бұрын

Sounded scary

@iblamelance5350

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewsheng1226 bro u uploaded this 7 years ago and still hearting comments? legend.

@AniketSingh-hr8mi

3 жыл бұрын

@@iblamelance5350 unlike ozymandias, he's gonna stay here for generations to (re)iterate the story of ozy and Heisenberg, and ofc heart comments

I love how Cranston's reading has become THE reading of Ozymandias

@Braint-lr6uf

Жыл бұрын

Nah, there's, at least, another two with this level of quality, wich are the reading of Vincent Price and Richard Attenborough.

@Abstractperson

11 ай бұрын

@@Braint-lr6uf where

@Braint-lr6uf

11 ай бұрын

@@Abstractperson Search, don't understand why people make this kind of questions, it's just a waste of time when you can have millions of answers in less than a second.

@Ligierthegreensun

9 ай бұрын

@@Braint-lr6uf or if you’re bringing it up you could just you know, provide them since you’re so eager to mention them.

@Braint-lr6uf

9 ай бұрын

@@Ligierthegreensun Except that searching Ozymandias with the name of those actors you can find it here. I don't have to provide nothing when it's so easy to find.

It’s crazy to think about the fact that in the episode Ozymandias of Breaking Bad, it does show Heisenberg’s half sunken visage in the middle of the desert. Right after Hank is executed. Vince Gilligan is a master of his craft.

@troublemaker731

4 жыл бұрын

And the shattered glass of the car resembles the ruins of his meth empire

@josecesar9776

3 жыл бұрын

This episode also show the Walt's pants that appears in the pilot. So, we have the legs and the visage in the desert! Vince Gilligan, fucking genius!

@pab1972

3 жыл бұрын

You guys are probably reading too much into it, I've seen artists such as Vince reading comments like yours and being like "yeah, it makes sense, okay..." :D

@lauratio1203

3 жыл бұрын

@@pab1972 This interpretation makes a lot of sense. Heck Vince directly references Ozymandias as the title of the episode.

@cranberrycanvas

3 жыл бұрын

​@@pab1972 people like vince dont usually reference something in the title of an episode and miss an opportunity like this and then go onto accidentally create a perfect parallel in the story

"Say my name" "Ozymandias" "You're goddamned right"

@MrUnknownuser164

4 жыл бұрын

Even better since Bryan Cranston was the narrator...

@payforoxygen

4 жыл бұрын

wait where did you go (I wish I had the patience to write it in every language)

@E__Saurabh

4 жыл бұрын

Reference?

@cv4809

4 жыл бұрын

"Say my name, ye mighty"

@habibhassan7770

4 жыл бұрын

@@E__Saurabh breaking bad

Bro this dude is dedicated he's still hearting shit.

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

I hereby heart this comment 😂

Everyone rightfully losing their marbles on "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings" is completely warranted, but i can't be the only that also gets chills on the last verse. "The lone and level sands stretch far away..." What a perfect contrast and conclusion to the works of greater-than-mighty Ozymandias...

@barrettbridgmon1376

3 күн бұрын

I agree man it’s my favorite part.

We decoded this poem at a writing workshop I went to and well, it is almost a sonnet, with 14 lines of 10 syllables, but at the line where he says. "My names is Ozymandias, king of kings;" it is 11 syllables, breaking the pattern. The poem's structure decays, much like the subject of the poem itself. This is my favorite poem (not that I know many), but if I ever got into poetry more, I would credit it to this poem.

@HamacekS

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Arwen. I've wondered about that 11-syllable line breaking the pentameter too, and while that's totally legit within the form, I think theres a case for the pronunciation of Ozymandias being compressed to 4 syllables anyway-along the lines of Oz-y-mand-yus. Not that Brian does it like that of course ;)

@Viperishcoin43

5 жыл бұрын

@@HamacekS It is meant to break the form because the poem is a broken sonnet

@UncleHaul

5 жыл бұрын

Viperishcoin43 well no within Shellys time It was commonly pronounce Oz-y-mand-yus thus the poem is not broken. At least within the time of its writing

@rstr5808

4 жыл бұрын

O

@holysayingsofrobin4055

4 жыл бұрын

Arwen Cantonwine TL;DR: the poem broke bad.

I'll never read Ozymandias the same way again. Much more entertaining than the depressing monotone of my english teacher

@michaelhenry3234

5 жыл бұрын

+Revolutions Per-formance If you enjoy reading, it's always better to read it yourself than to have someone read it to you. You get to be the narrator, the characters, etc. You provide the voice, the inflection, and imagery. Literature provides the blueprints and the reader builds the story.

@amalhussein2279

5 жыл бұрын

Revolutions Per-formance niceeee

@craigmono5883

5 жыл бұрын

@Geralt of Trivia ahhhhhhhh....I get it!

@hibasobh

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhenry3234 you speak a deep truth Michael!

@chinmay2910

5 жыл бұрын

@Geralt of Trivia is that a witcher reference, cause if it was and I didn't get it, I may as well break my Xbox, not worthy to play another game

"My name is A.S.A.C Schrader."

@curtistennant9888

3 жыл бұрын

And you can go and fuck yourself

@smorgasbordbipples8106

3 жыл бұрын

@@curtistennant9888 Damn what did he do lmao

@curtistennant9888

3 жыл бұрын

@@smorgasbordbipples8106 I was saying the next line in the show bro

@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817

3 жыл бұрын

His name is Hank

@raventrophy

3 жыл бұрын

@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 :DDDDD goddam right!

It is impressive to see how many men have fallen for pride throughout human history. It's the same old trap, but we keep falling into it.

@OatmealTheCrazy

3 жыл бұрын

Humans haven't really changed in the last 100k years, but we've gotten pretty good at pretending we have

@astrobros4196

2 жыл бұрын

@@OatmealTheCrazy what do you mean by that?

@astrobros4196

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's more impressive to see how many men die with nothing done to be proud of.

@abiade9614

2 жыл бұрын

“Those who fail from history are doomed to repeat it” And humanity has a thing for ignorance.

@ToibiDoesStuff

2 жыл бұрын

@Stinko De mayo did you just make that up yourself?

I love how the poem goes from "look on my works ye mighty and despair!" to "nothing beside remains". It shows the harsh reality of life that everything falls eventually. Amazing animation and poem.

@HamacekS

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks nraz9. I only hope that people don't switch off in that moment of blackness :) Thanks for the comment.

@bhonor12

7 жыл бұрын

nraz9 This came up in my English exam this is one of my favourite poems :)

@staydilatedTV

6 жыл бұрын

Anticlimax

@iwannawatchDavid

6 жыл бұрын

"nothing beside remains" is the works which the mighty should look upon. I will make it real simple blood for the blood god. "And what is this path? This meaning, this purpose to which we gather the skulls of our foes? It is nothing. There is no meaning, no purpose. We murder. We kill. It is mindless savagery, this UNIVERSE IS MINDLESS!"

@maddy-jd7qi

6 жыл бұрын

And amazing reading from Cranston.

Fun fact: Ozymandias is the Greek name for Ramesses, which means that percy was talking about 'Ramesses the Great' whom reigned from (1279 BC - 1213 BC). He was one of the most greatest pharaohs of the new kingdom.

@Surge_Subliminals

5 жыл бұрын

And a tyrant

@swalker157

5 жыл бұрын

Chuck Norris at least he was great, tyrants these days don’t have any works that compare. Ancient tyrants leave art and architecture we can’t reproduce, modern tyrants leave mass graves.

@kathrynmft

5 жыл бұрын

everyone that studied it knows that

@drew63215

5 жыл бұрын

@@Surge_Subliminals Who said he was a tyrant?? Actually he was a well loved Pharoah. Don't believe everything Hollywood tells you and what that Fictional book called the Bible tries to make him out to be. Hebrews were never slaves in Egypt. So where in the Hieroglyphs that you deciphered that said he was a tyrant??

@officerdoofy7376

5 жыл бұрын

Something being "great" has no moral implication. Take for example a great fall... One can be both great and a tyrant at the same time, they're not mutually exclusive.

"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair" But there's nothing there, nothing besides the broken monument of a King who thought he was eternal, his claim refuted, his fight was for naught as time never loses. Absolutely chilling poem.

@phgamer4393

2 жыл бұрын

and yet. his past is known, his statue lingered. people still write poems for him. Is he not immortal then, were his works not mighty. Despair others who are not known for Ozymandias lives on through his might works.

@trj820

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that's the irony of the line. If even Ramesses the Great is doomed to lose his legacy to time, what to today's mighty have to do but despair over their own fates?

@nertulagno1302

2 жыл бұрын

I love the fact, that in case that there not stated, what is his work, theres many different conclusions that can be made. For example, my thoughts was, that, look, ye mighty ones, at my work. In days before, there was everything, empire, people, etc, but now, only nothingness stays, so, despair of the fact, that human being can do such an impact, that create a desert on place of great nation

@unclebounce1495

Жыл бұрын

you still know the name ozymandias. so he was indeed remembered. he was eternal, his works were less so

@redblade5556

Жыл бұрын

Which is scarier, for his life's works...were nowhere to be found, other than his broken, ruined, weathered statue. Look upon my works...and despair.

It's been 6 years since the upload of this video and the dude is still liking people's comments. +respect.

@HamacekS

4 жыл бұрын

Wazz I like this comment! 😂

Does anyone else think Brian Cranston would make a really good Optimus Prime?

@benwasserman8223

4 жыл бұрын

Descendant of Kraff No one should ever replace Peter Cullen. At least he made a decent Zordon

@raam726

4 жыл бұрын

Descendant of Kraff no megatron

@xxxfirehuunterxxx

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see him, when the unfortunate happens to Cullen.

@Beerbottles123

4 жыл бұрын

@Super High Doug Judy I can totally see that, he did a lot of work for Power Ranger villains afterall.

@TheNativeEngine

4 жыл бұрын

Or a Lex Luthor

no matter what you do to be remembered you will always be forgotten

@polpot6

5 жыл бұрын

What if I beat dark souls without dying

@theartgoose

5 жыл бұрын

@@polpot6 this comment is gold

@sync9847

5 жыл бұрын

@@polpot6 Only if you do it while using the Donkey Kong Bongos as a controller.

@kaliyuga1476

5 жыл бұрын

Alexander the Great

@ZesPak

5 жыл бұрын

Ozymandias, aka Ramses II, is still remembered over 3000 years later.

can we appreciate that the people behind this video, suddenly getting recommended after 8 years, is still hearting responses and replying to comments. great stuff. I'm glad to see it

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

It’s always quite fun seeing waves of views and comments once in a while still and seeing what’s behind each one. I still haven’t checked out the Sadist video though 😅 I think the last spike was via ‘Ballad of Buster Scruggs’. Cheers for the comment and thanks to all the newcomers. And maybe check out my ‘Love me or die project’ WIP while you’re here too ;)

This is easily the best visualization I've seen so I keep coming back to it. So many others show giant sand dunes when the poem says "level sands" or show a smiling ruler with no sneer. This one gets everything right and each element is also top-tier on its own. Bravo!

@HamacekS

3 жыл бұрын

Emmett Turner thanks so much! Much appreciated ☺️ I guess it was important to understand the poem well in the process and respect it in the visuals.

@TovenDo.O.Video-

Жыл бұрын

Vince!

In Egypt's sandy silence, all alone, Stands a gigantic Leg, which far off throws The only shadow that the Desert knows:- "I am great OZYMANDIAS," saith the stone, "The King of Kings; this mighty City shows "The wonders of my hand."- The City's gone,- Naught but the Leg remaining to disclose The site of this forgotten Babylon. We wonder,-and some Hunter may express Wonder like ours, when thro' the wilderness Where London stood, holding the Wolf in chace, He meets some fragment huge, and stops to guess What powerful but unrecorded race Once dwelt in that annihilated place.

@Brandonhayhew

5 жыл бұрын

@Percy Lithos This is Horace Smith's "Ozymandias" And the video is Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias"

@keithmanfredi

4 жыл бұрын

Our whole planet will be that leg one day.

@andrewcorbell7216

4 жыл бұрын

Keith Manfredi what makes you say this, your indoctrination has been a complete success.!

@futurestoryteller

4 жыл бұрын

"your indoctrination has been a complete success.!" What a dunce. I was going to mention the supposed "coincidence" of the similarities between the two poems, because evidently Shelley and Smith's competition didn't have much in the way of criteria, but upon looking it up again I discovered the whole venture was sparked by the discovery of a fragment of Egyptian statue. Given what criteria _was_ supposedly agreed upon, I can only imagine how easy it was write roughly the same poem.

@andrewcorbell7216

4 жыл бұрын

futurestoryteller it's you who is the dunce for not reading that my reply was to Manfredi, s despair.

Ozymandias is the only TV-episode with a 10/10 imbd rating a true masterclass "Nothing Lasts"

Wow I can't believe vince gilligan wrote this poem just for the show. Truly Bravo Vince

@HamacekS

7 ай бұрын

😂 nice one!

I met a gamer from an antique land, who said Two vast and corded joysticks of black stand on the console. Near them, half sunk in the carpet, a shattered cartridge lies, Whose case, and dimensions thick, and bits of four Tell that its programmer well those limitations read Which yet survive, stamped on these plastic things. The hands which played them, and the hearts that fed. And on the panel these words appear: "My name is Atari 2600! Look upon my 4-bit graphics and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the 13-inch CRT of that ancient wreck, boundless and bare, The shag carpet and popcorn ceiling stretch Far away...

@salemthemerciless

5 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@Ak5h1t

5 жыл бұрын

❤️

@saumyashah7978

4 жыл бұрын

That’s called a pastiche

@thelobrielbiznarck9152

4 жыл бұрын

Console of consoles

@mykelengieza7057

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

HELLO PLS REMEMBER THAT THIS PERSON MADE A GREAT ANIMATION AND IS DESERVING OF PRAISE (Pls don’t fill the comment about Sadist, we love them but spamming her on other channels is rude)

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the courteous thought there. Honestly as long as the comments themselves aren’t rude it doesn’t worry my too much. I was curious what was going on with the spike in views and comments again after all this time. So it’s just interesting for me, and well, I’ve just learnt about DSMP 😂

@stories-kit

2 жыл бұрын

@@HamacekS ah okay!! :D I just didn’t want people to undermine the effort this took, I’ve seen it happen one too many times and it was sad with Glass Animal’s Heatwaves. The DSMP is really cool (as with every community though there is always a bad side with some its fans tho so look out for that), happy we got one more person into this cult! \o/ lmao. Ps. Ur animation really was cool to watch tho! I hope I can animate and create digital 3D sculptures like that one day even if it’s for fun

@MrKitKat_

2 жыл бұрын

yes, thank you. your kind and thoughtful community has ruined my long used nickname "ozymandias" and i am now called a dreamsmp fan every day of my life my life has plummeted into complete horror why cant i just be normal, i dont wanna be a gay minecraft fan

@stories-kit

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrKitKat_ uhh well to start off “normal” isn’t really a thing lmao, wtf is normal these days. I know, the mcyt fanbase is growing fast but u don’t have to surround ur attention on these comments, there is a reason most users r recommended to go outside lol, the Internet and ppl we don’t know behind a screen shouldn’t affect our futures IRL so cheer up and get fresh air my friend :D As for the gay thing,, i don’t really see how it should affect u much. This notion is easily fixable by stating what ur sexuality actually is :D or, simply not needing to prove urself to ppl who r merely living in a screen and u don’t know nor care about them to justify urself for. If ur gay, straight, bi, pan or whatever, I hope ur comfortable and safe, know that ur valid and loved my friend

@MrKitKat_

2 жыл бұрын

@@stories-kit im a gay furry does that change anything

I get Goosebumps every time i watch this.

@ian5417

4 жыл бұрын

I got nightmares when i watch this

I watched this video and fell in love with the poem. In our first advanced class English lesson of tenth grade I remember wandering off and out of curiosity checking the content of our literature book. When I saw ozymandias was there I was beyond excited, Finnally something worth my time and effort I thought to myself. I asked the teacher if we will be reading this poem as part of our literature program and she said no. School is just fucking terrible.

@BuriedFlame

4 жыл бұрын

Because it'll be used to describe Trump's tenure in the future.

@royshaltiel6398

3 жыл бұрын

@@BuriedFlame I live in Israel my guy

@meat.

2 жыл бұрын

@@BuriedFlame 🤨

@amagicmuffin1191

2 жыл бұрын

oh that sucks :(( i got to read this in my advanced english class this year, 11th grade. i have a great teacher that's really interesting to listen to

I'm not even joking when I say this, but I think Ozymandias is one of the only pieces of work that has really changed the way I think about something and the animation really gives the sense of scale and just the general themes of the poem a clear and powerful weight. Thank you for making this video and thank you more for somehow still replying to people's comments years after this video's creation.

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

I just still really appreciate people commenting and watching. Thanks for stopping by

@gsomethingsomething2658

Жыл бұрын

@@HamacekS I think you did a brilliant job. Well done.

@rickross9829

Жыл бұрын

I imagine that's from you not engaging with art in a thoughtful way

@EvanYoungYear9-ez1kv

2 ай бұрын

Bluddy wrote a whole peace paragraph

A thoroughly well-visioned beautiful rendition. The powerful ominous voice, music, text display, animation and tone fits the poem perfectly. A fine tribute, sir..

@emmanaguilera1130

6 жыл бұрын

JunkheadRooster The voice is Bryan Cranston's. "Ozymandias" himself.

@suenebototon8287

5 жыл бұрын

Snaggle Toothed oooooo wow ur sooo cool

@suenebototon8287

5 жыл бұрын

Emman Aguilera yeah the episode “Ozymandias” is a tribute to the poem as Walter White’s head lays on the desert floor after the supremacists take everything away

@suenebototon8287

5 жыл бұрын

Snaggle Toothed ooooooh yes fine scholar. Now forget these empty men, let us begin with our analysation of Dr. Faustus text B and how it compares to text A.

@Rana-ci6ns

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine someone being led to classic works through pop culture.... novel concept?

A 'being' into a desert might step And for a while, here may stand. Then, slowly, it comes to mind Earned power which Some in life command Like Ozymandias, one day Becomes a trillion grains of sand

@tedtombling2770

3 жыл бұрын

@Tototl They are mine.

@varun3253

3 жыл бұрын

Let the name Ted Tombling ring in eternity along with the likes of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Horace Smith.

@tedtombling2770

3 жыл бұрын

@@varun3253 Thank you 😊.

@CaptainGrimes1

3 жыл бұрын

What makes one poem good and another bad?

@varun3253

3 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainGrimes1 you make a poem good or bad ,Kinda. It's entirely in your head. If I send you a poem I wrote and say it was written by ezra pound , you'll prolly like it. But it's not purely subjective also. You think it's purely subjective and that you are making the decision as to whether you like the poem or not. But in reality it's got to do with deep rooted power structures that have already created a bias in you. So, in conclusion you are deciding whether a poem is good or bad , but the decision is not an unbiased one, subtle societal structures shape your decision.

"Jessie we need to study poetry ,jessie"

POV: You've just watched SAD-ist's new animation and now you're here

@elliseee334

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO yes

I see a lot of people appreciate the Rising Crescendo or the sudden drop to "Nothing Beside Remains." But the part that captures me is "The Lone and Level Sands Stretch Far Away." His delivery is hollow, like someone who is in mourning, and truly final. Like we have just been reminded of the great setback upon our race delivered to us by the destruction of this Constantinople, Babylon, or Jerusalem. They truly do stretch far away.

@user-fo8ve9om7z

2 жыл бұрын

Jerusalem still exists bro

@buildinasentry1046

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-fo8ve9om7z as does Rome, as does Egypt, but they are not the same

@The_Bird_Bird_Harder

Жыл бұрын

@@user-fo8ve9om7z For now. KZread is well known to be home to time traveler's.

of course this gets recommended to me after sad-ist's video

I know exactly why this got recommended to me and I'm not even mad. Bravo.

@1995yuda

Жыл бұрын

LOL! I know the feeling!

This got recommended to me when a week or something after the sad-it’s animation

I thought he was going to say “my name is heinsenbirg”

@addisonquinby295

2 жыл бұрын

kingpin of the kingpins

This is a great animation! I love how it conveys the poem visually!

@HamacekS

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to comment, and glad you liked it! :D

@kn6706

4 жыл бұрын

@Snaggle Toothed Lol wow, you are one triggered little bitch aren't you? I can't even get mad at how stupid your comment is because it is so astronomically moronic and Earth-rendingly unnecessary that all I can do is grin and laugh at what an utter clown you've made of yourself.

Please yall not commenting right after the animatic 💀

So this is the origin from the Ozymandias SAD-ist animation, Amazing

Anyone else here from the SADist animatic?

whos here after the sad- ist animatic

Ozymandias is an archaic name for the greatest Pharaoh.

"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings" 🥶🥶🥶

50K views. A small step for KZread, but a great big leap for me :) Thanks to all for your views and comments.

@harrisoncourtneyfilm00

7 жыл бұрын

This Is Amazing

@anuvratverma1255

5 жыл бұрын

Now it's 10times in 4years

@Admiral642

4 жыл бұрын

look again

@-_-murilo2865

3 жыл бұрын

Pog

@mr.froschi6526

3 жыл бұрын

Boy do I have great news for you.

The voice is Bryan cranston who played Walter White

@onihoody5059

5 жыл бұрын

Victor Krum Yes!

@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Captain Obvious.

@omarlittl3

5 жыл бұрын

@@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce chill

@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce

5 жыл бұрын

@@omarlittl3 fuck off

@artrous

5 жыл бұрын

@@Knight_Of_Eleum_Loyce no u

Here before a fandom strikes in

This poem always gives me comfort in a strange way. It calms me down when I worry about how I’ll be remembered, in the end, no matter how great or terrible, how large or insignificant, how selfish or selfless your actions were, they will be forgotten in time, and will turn to dust as you have. Just live life as you see fit and do what fulfills you as an individual. “The lone and level sands stretch far away”.

This is one of the most striking combinations of words and pictures I've ever seen in my entire life ! Thank you !

@HamacekS

3 жыл бұрын

Jędrzej Zawadzki gosh thank you so much

Nothing expresses romanticism and postmodernism more than this

Can’t believe this only popped up on my recommended now-

I may have come from SAD-IST, but I have returned for the video o7

@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776

2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn you heart fast 😂😂😂 Respect 📈

“And then I said, what da dog doin” such a profound piece of art

Bruh this guys keeps reading the comments 8 years after posting this video. Liked and subscribed just for the commitment.

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 shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd 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

And now this si going to get wild because of sad-ist

I love the silence at the end as the realization that nothing last forever.

Fun fact, this poem was written by Percy Shelly, the husband of Mary Shelly who wrote “Frankenstein”

@giovannicervantes2053

7 ай бұрын

Great literature power couple

Seems like the animator has made some clever embelishments to enhance the impact of the poem. The drumbeat in the background both reinforces the cadence of the poem and (imo) doubles down on the starkness of the setting. Having the text at the end circling around the ruins symbolically represents the passage of time, whether by hands circling a clock or constellations circling the sky as months and years pass.

@barkingmonkee

3 жыл бұрын

After posting this I also noticed that he scrolled the description of the sneering face over the statue's head foreshadowing the next line about "STAMPED on these lifeless things..." as well as having the pedestal text swirl away like sand in the wind to underscore the ephemeral nature of O`s authority.

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

I think you’re the first person to mention the clock face metaphor! Yes thank you! You have won! (my gratitude)

@CuackTheDucks

Жыл бұрын

@@HamacekS Hey I'm glad to see you're still alive

@HamacekS

Жыл бұрын

@@CuackTheDucks ☺️ hope you’re well too

It’s not dying that’s the worst of things. It’s being forgotten and ultimately insignificant in the long run. Your name and legacy reduced to a poem. That’s the best case scenario.

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings! Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair." GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME

This poem hits harder when you know what historical figure it refers to and knowing that monuments to him are decaying right now in Egypt. He truly was one of the most powerful men of his age, and now he is relegated to the sands of time.

this animation walked so sad-ist could run

The curious disgust in the line "stamped on these.. lifeless things" gives me the chills

This poem is perfect irony. Two layers of perfect irony are created by the sharp transition between the lines "look on my works ye mighty and despair" and "nothing beside remains round the decay of that colossal wreck". The first layer of irony is obvious, the confidence of the carving on the statue contrasted with the harsh reality that nothing of this once great figure's work remain. It is a sort of satisfyingly irony, like when someone gloats to you but is unable to back up their talk. The second layer of irony hits when, in a twisted way, you realize the carving on the pedestal is correct. The despair comes not from looking at the works of a great man and realizing you can never amount to anything close, as likely would have been the intent of those words, but from the realization that no matter how great a man is and no matter how hard he works to stamp his name into history, he will always end up forgotten. I always loved how the carving on the pedestal, despite being undermined by the next line in the poem, comes back with a bit of truth to it that the mighty should see the collapsed ruins of this mighty man and despair knowing their works head to the same fate. Also, in the video, I love the note of the carved words on the pedestal disintegrating into sand, really driving home the harsh transition to reality.

@latortugapicante719

Жыл бұрын

I never realized that second part. Nice job

@DarthDuck404

2 ай бұрын

There's a certain sick and beautiful twist of fate in trying so hard to immortalize yourself, only to have your name remembered as an example of kings whose deeds have been long forgotten.

this being read by the voice actor of breaking bad makes me more motivated to revise this for english literature gcse

Shelley really dropped the hardest poem of all time and thought we wouldn't notice 🔥🔥🔥

1:13 Has anyone noticed that the shadow is of the once complete statue, symbolizing that the modern statue is just a shadow of its former self.

@anundyingfire

3 жыл бұрын

A nice idea, but i think it is just the shadow elongated outward further which of course looks more complete.

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

It is a nice idea, wish I’d thought of it 🤓

"The bigger they are, The harder they'll fall" - Robert Fitzsimmons, 1902

OMG I've been trying to find this poem for the last 4 years, my memory is very hazy and all I could remember was something about kings and getting goosebumps at that time. Props to Sad-ist for helping me find this amazing poem. (I'm an aspiring poet)

A lesson for all those who believe they are supremely powerful

cant wait till DSMP fans will come here

God bless you I am taking a British literature course and reading this poem I could not grasp it but watching you video has made it easier to understand

@HamacekS

8 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Makes me so glad that this little piece helps people connect with the poem :)

'Ozymandias' is the title of the poem, by Percy Shelly. It comes from the Greek word for 'Rameses' I believe. Is that what you wanted to know?

@RaiderCat12

2 жыл бұрын

It is a nice name. I don’t know why, but I just like it a lot.

I love how the visible tessellation of the statue shows the decay

I don't know if it have already happened but : Welcome to the Video Game Community!

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I have two moods: "Look on my works ye mighty and despair!" and "Nothing beside remains."

Goosebumps every time

Bryan Cranston has such an awesome reading voice. Perhaps only James Earl Jones or Patrick Stewart could read Ozymandias better. Plus, the original commercial trailer this was read for was for the final season of Breaking Bad, and Ozymandias was the title for one of the final episodes of that series. So apropos - that for all the greatness one might achieve in their lifetime, and all the pride and arrogance such achievement generates, time will eventually tear all of it down to nothing.

Incredible to think that Shelly was a fan of Ozzy before Mr. Osborne was even born. Ozzy transcends time.

“My name is ozymandias” Your goddamn right

This is the most haunting thing I’ve ever heard

My litterature teacher had us study this poem, and all I can renemeber is : "No matter who you are, and what you do in your life, it's only a matter of time until your existence fades away" -The poem itself is just sort of fading away -The king, if not for the talent of the sculptor would already be forgotten -As grand as he was, he is just the story of a traveler -he desired to be renemebered by generations after generations because of the mighty things he did, but it's all overshadowed by the art made by the artist which lasted longer to time than the accomplishments of Ozymandias

I love the contrast between the simplistic architecture and the very complex cloak-how it flows perfectly across such simple and unimportant things.

i literally never processed what this poem was saying until now, thank

@HamacekS

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear ☺️

@DNJ9o9o

2 жыл бұрын

It’s written in an awkward way, but once you understand it the message really is beautiful

"My name is Ozymandias." "My name is ASAC Schrader."

Finally i can understand this,

@HamacekS

8 жыл бұрын

+John Sabattis Thanks for sharing. This makes my day :)

@realmattsears

6 жыл бұрын

Great poem and a great animation showing it. To me it talks about the inevitable fall of kings. It also reminds me to be humble.

@laracapsloock

6 жыл бұрын

I dont, help me.

@SomeAHole

6 жыл бұрын

Time. It's about time.

@dificulttocure

6 жыл бұрын

It's about the inevitable fall of even the greatest empires.

Entropy always wins in the end and the universe has endless patience.

What I love about this sonnet is that it's an artist trying to create a lasting work about how no work lasts.

I remember being taught about this poem in my elementary school and this is exactly how I pictured it in my mind..cold and barren with a colossal broken statue..Great work dude! Keep going:)

This is the first time I was ever frightened by a poem. I love this.

I love these types of speeches they hit hard

You can build the greatest structures known to man; but at the end of the day, when no man is left, none shall know it.

My English teacher showed us this today I honestly find videos much easier to understand than a paper version I guess I just visualise it easier

@HamacekS

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

To me, the most ingenious, and the most frightening part of the poem is the line "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair". It's amazing how Shelley uses the words 'ye', 'mighty' and 'despair' intentionally ambiguously. I can never get tired of that part, it contains a lesson to everyone in this planet.👍❤️

we do look upon what's left of Ozymandias' work and despair but definitely not for the reasons he could have hoped for

Jesse, I am Ozymandias, king of kings

I might be one of the few who first heard this poem from The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs by the Coen brothers, but I assure you that this animation chilled me to the bone. Might also be because I am Italian, and my people’s empire fell apart like many others, including Ozymandias’.

goosebumps... every single time.

@HamacekS

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear 😈