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Ozymandias, an Epic card
"Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner of London.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 850,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Ozymandias quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ozymandias card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both Shelley's poem and Smith's "Ozymandias" explore the ravages of time to which the ______ of even the greatest are subject.
Answer
legacies. Both Shelley's poem and Smith's "Ozymandias" explore the ravages of time to which the legacies of even the greatest are subject. From the Ozymandias article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
"Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in the 11 January ____ issue of The Examiner of London.
Answer
1810s. "Ozymandias" is a sonnet written by the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, first published in the 11 January 1818 issue of The Examiner of London. From the Ozymandias article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The poem was the result of a friendly competition between Shelley and fellow poet Horace Smith, using the subject of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, Ozymandias being the pharaoh's Greek name.
- Both Shelley's poem and Smith's "Ozymandias" explore the ravages of time to which the legacies of even the greatest are subject.
- Ozymandias was included the following year in Shelley's collection Rosalind and Helen, A Modern Eclogue, with Other Poems, and in the 1826 compilation Miscellaneous and Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ozymandias article was read about 850,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
How to get Ozymandias
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ozymandias (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Percy Bysshe Shelley., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
