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[edit] Which Ramesses statue?
Lonely Planet says that the poem is based on the fallen statue of Ramesses II at the Ramesseum in Thebes, which I visited today. This article does not mention this possibility. Are the authors of this article certain that this is not correct? Intelligent Mr Toad (talk) 18:07, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
- It is self-evident that Shelley did not see either a statue or a location before writing the poem. "The lone and level sands stretch far away" is hardly an accurate description of the location of the Ramesseum at Luxor. In light of this, the discussion on the page about which is the original statue, and whether Shelley would have seen it, is a bit misplaced. This is a Romantic poem, which takes its inspiration from an unseen (imagined) location and statue. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.167.206 (talk) 10:10, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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- I agree. That description certainly doesn't fit. Dougweller (talk) 10:13, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Ozy man god
The concluding two sentences of the paragraph entitled "Analysis" seem absolute nonsense to me. Besides the obvious typographical errors in "Its broken and forgotton. Dias is greek for god so its Ozy man god.", another reason for removing these remarks would be the fact that they are incorrect. As far as I know, "theos" is Greek for "god". "Dias" might be derived from the genitive of "Zeus", which is "Dios", but I'm not sure of that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.128.50.127 (talk) 08:58, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
[edit] Popular Culture: Incarnations of Immortality
I think in the 4th or 5th book someone promised Ozymandias to have the poem made in exchange for information or something when they were visiting him in Hell.
I am fairly certain that the sixth book of Incarnations of Immortality had Ozymandias as a significant character managing Hell. The new devil (Perry?), calling himself Satan, needed help managing the demonic realm, after finding out about the poem Ozymandias agreed, mostly so he could have power and authority again.
I'd add the info myself, but it needs more cross-checking to get the info straightened out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thornbrier (talk • contribs) 18:23, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
- In early 2000, at the height of the dotcom boom, the magazine of the student union at the University of Lund published a brilliant travesty of the poem to examine Mr.Jonas Birgersson, a computer whiz kid who had risen from obscurity to become head of the hottest property in the IT business of Sweden (he was sometimes referred to as "the Broadband Jesus" and a business legend some way outside of the country too). After the narrator told of how he'd received a tip by a web writer to visit the company website and check out its miraculous but friendly content, he beheld the face of Birgersson on the company flash page speaking the words ""My name is Birgersson, a king o'the web/ Look at my works, ye small, then follow me!"/ Just then my modem died. Alas, since then/ I've been unable to find the path to ascend/ going there: the web changing all too fast, my friend" (my translation) :D
- "Just then my modem died" is effing brilliant to match Shelley's original reversal.
- Less than two months later, Birgersson's Aladdin-like company and several other big, young web and telecom production enterprises/studios that had been bursting with loaned-up investor money, and which had been more overvalued than AIM or WorldCom (and never made any actual profit, but the business was hotter than hot) went into a spiral dip on the Stockholm stock exchange. Three years later, you could buy up shares in many of those companies for less than the cost of a stamp; in 1999-2000, they had seemed to defy business laws of gravity. Great timing in the publication of that one! 83.254.159.35 (talk) 23:08, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
[edit] Reference no. 6
Hey the reference no. 6 is not in English and it does not translate in Google translate. I think it should be replaced for a reference somewhere else.--67eldorado (talk) 14:47, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
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- The text in the article which reference #6 follows is already supported by a separate footnote, so reference #6 could just be deleted outright. I will do this shortly unless someone objects. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 16:18, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
[edit] In popular culture
The summary for this edit should read 'Edit restored without explanation', but I wrote the wrong thing due to inattention. I'd be interested to hear what people think about the inclusion of material in the 'In popular culture' section. My view is that only significant and sustained engagements with the poem should be included. NotFromUtrecht (talk) 19:19, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
