Question

the poem ozymandias illustrate the vanity of human greatness...
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Answer 1

The poem Ozymandias illustrates the vanity of human greatness. This poem is a mockery at the tyranny of the king Ozymandias who believed himself to be supremely powerful. Ozymandias used to feed his heart with vanity and self - importance. But thanks to the sculptor that we came to know that he was indeed a fool who thought that he could overpower anything and everything.

Answer 2

This poem writtern by shelley Indeed illustrates the vanity of human greatness, the failiure of human in immortalising his achievements.

Ozymandias the great king of egypt, tries to immortalise himself by making a statue.

On the pedestrial it was inscribed that he is the king of kings and no one could equalise his victories and great deeds. the statue was skillfuly done by the sculpture showing the arrogance of the king in his face.

But a traleller who went by this statue , saw it being broken in the middle of vast and stretched desert-full of sand. Twobig trunkless legs and a broken head lies over there.

This is ironical to the wish of the king ozimandias. His statue lies disfigured.

thus the poem shows that the mans pomp and glory is not everlasting.

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