Who is Percy Shelly?

Percy Shelley was an English poet who lived from 1792–1822. He was contemporaries with John Keats and Lord Byron and, like them, he wrote in the Romantic mode. Shelley's philosophical beliefs, including his idealism and atheism, were deeply important to his work. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential lyric poets in the English language. "Ozymandias," along with other poems like "Ode to the West Wind," are some of his most famous works. In "Ozymandias" Shelley describes a statue of a king that once proclaimed his kingdom's greatness but is now a ruin. The poem's most famous line, "Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair," is an excellent example of irony.
Percy Shelley is also notable for having been married to Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.