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 would be an additional example of situational irony?

1 Learning the traveler did not expect to see a broken statue in the desert
2 Learning the traveler found more ruins
3 Learning the king expected his statue to crumble
4 Learning the king knew he would be forgotten as time passed

Answer 1

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Explanation:

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 would be an additional example of situational irony?

1 Learning the traveler did not expect to see a broken statue in the desert

2 Learning the traveler found more ruins

3 Learning the king expected his statue to crumble

4 Learning the king knew he would be forgotten as time passed.