ozymandias quotes

• i met a traveller ... who said


  narrator has not seen the statue himself which highlights its irrelevance
• vast and trunkless legs of stone


  emphasises size using adjectives
• stand in the desert


  suggests absence of life
• shattered visage


  irony as a powerful person could not control damage caused by time
• sneer of cold command


  sculptor understood and captured arrogance of the ruler

  alliteration shows harsh and cruel ways of the ruler
• survive ... lifeless 


  juxtaposition

  considered immortal but with time nothing lasts
• the hand that mocked them


  maybe the sculptor used the statue to mock Ozymandias
• my name is Ozymandias , king of kings


  arrogance that challenges other rulers
• look


  heightens Ozymandias's commanding tone
• despair!


  tells other rulers to look at his grandeur

  irony as it is temporary
• colossal wreck


  shows insignificance of human achievements compared to passing of time
• lone and level


  alliteration emphasises empty space in the dessert