Question

In the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, how are the words on the pedestal of Ozymandias's statue ironic?

Answer 1

@Christian_10_

Answer 2

What do you think? :)

Answer 3

i can't find the books online for my school to read it the original link was corrupted a asking if anyone knows a link and is willing to help me with the question after. to make sure it is right

Answer 4

wait i think i found a link let me read it

Answer 5

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822

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 shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked 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.”

Answer 6

Is this the right Poem?

Answer 7

yes it looks like it

Answer 8

this is what i got for it
to answer my question

The inscription read, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!", and it's inscribed on a broken statue among the ruins of Ozymandias kingdom. The inscription is ironic because it makes the kingdom sound large and mighty and eternal, but the kingdom was actually nonexistent at that point, with only ruins letting people know it ever actually existed.

Answer 9

So this is you're answer right?

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

good or bad?

Answer 12

It looks correct to me, I believe that is a correct answer. :)

Answer 13

cool thanks

Answer 14

can i get a medal for getting it right?

Answer 15

No problem, Yeah you're answer is right, Because they explain how big and mighty his kingdom is yet the statue is alone in a desert. Great job. :)