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
Which of the following sentences best describes the dramatic irony in the poem?
The traveler knows he will see the statue in the desert.
The traveler knows who the king was.
The audience knows the traveler has seen the statue in the desert.
The audience knows the boastful king's power did not last.

Answer 1

The audience knows the boastful king's power did not last.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the poem, there is a narration of a king who boasts and terrifies people.

Therefore, the sentence that best describes the dramatic irony in the poem is that the audience knows the boastful king's power did not last.

Dramatic irony is a situation whereby the audience already knows the outcome of a scene or the entire play whereas the actor or dramatist is unaware.