Question

Bring out the irony in the poem of Ozymandias

Answer 1

The irony in the poem is this that King Ozymandias got many statues constructed to immortalize himself, but neither he himself was spared nor his statues. As the time elapsed, he grew old and finally died. Similarly, all his statues were terribly broken. People soon forgot him and his memories were thrown into oblivion.

Answer 2

the conditions of the statue and the inscriptions on the pedestal are ironical. the statue was completely shattered . only 2 legs stood on the pedestal and the head was lying on the sand. whereas the inscription said "look upon my work", " ye mighty and despair" and "king of kings" it conveys that nothing is stable in this world, everything is subjected to change and decay