Question

Explain the underlying irony in these

words : “Look on my works, ye mighty,

and despair!
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

The poem "Ozymandias" is arguably Shelley's most well-known and celebrated work. In this poem, we also come across the well-known phrase "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

The phrase "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and dread!" is meant to be victorious. When the monument was first construed, those who looked at it were expected to be terrified by its majesty and the size of the empire that Rameses had built. He comes across as a snobbish ruler who intends to convey that others should give up on ever striving to match the magnificence of his dominion since it will never be matched. However, irony comes into the picture since all of those "works" have disappeared. Everything that Rameses had built is now shattered. Even the statue that was erected in his honor has lost its body and is now just left with "legs of stone" and a face that too, has been "shattered."

Through this poem, P.B. Shelly conveys that power is transient and even the mightiest fade with time.

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