Read the following poem and answer questions
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.
What is the poem mainly about ?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is OPTION 3 - an ancient and cruel ruler's statue destroyed by the effects of time
The poem is mainly about an ancient and cruel ruler's statue destroyed by the effects of time. It reflects on the themes of impermanence and the inevitable decline of power, as embodied by the statue of Ozymandias, whose once-great works are now reduced to ruins in the desert.