Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. The sonnet “Ozymandias,” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, rose again this week. A trailer for the final ...

In Breaking Bad's promotional material for its final run of episodes, there was a video that featured Bryan Cranston reading Percy Bysshe Shelley's short but powerful poem "Ozymandias" over stark ...

A New York-based company is developing a "Breaking Bad Ozymandias" opera, The Wrap reports. One World Symphony is designing a mini opera based on both Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” and the AMC ...

This famous line is from a 1818 sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley entitled "Ozymandias," which talks about the remains of a huge statue in the desert depicting a once-proud king, Ramses II, who ruled ...