Question

What does the poet mean by colossal wreck?

Answer 1

The poet wrote the phrase ‘Colossal wreck’ to denote the decay of the statue of Ozymandias and falling of it.

He was a great ruler of Egypt once but then the pride of his enormous ego increased and he used to think that the almighty will look at his works and despair. So his downfall was denoted by these words.

Answer 2

extremely large or grate