Question

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 [face] lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which still 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.

Select one piece of evidence that supports the situational irony of the poem.

A From an antique land

B Cold command

C Boundless and bare

D Those passions read

Answer 1

Answer: The correct answer is BOUNDLESS AND BARE. Trust me, I've just got 100% on the test.

Explanation: This supports the irony of the poem because the once boastful king who would say, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" has now no audience to look upon his work. (I don't know if that made much sense XD )