Read the following poem and answer questions
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What is the poem mainly about ? |
a lost traveller who finds safety in the ruins of a statue a pharaoh who meets a traveller in the middle of nowhere an ancient and cruel ruler's statue destroyed by the effects of time a poet who finds a pedestal that used to belong to a great king |
an ancient and cruel ruler's statue destroyed by the effects of time |
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. |