What is ionic ironic about the inscription on the pedestal origin India statue
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P.B. Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias' explores the transience of power, empire, and legacy. It highlights the ironical fact that instead of trembling and despairing at his power, the mighty should now tremble and despair at Ozymandias's loss of power, because this too will happen to them. This is the irony, rulers think they are safe and secure, but in reality they will be broken.
Ozymandias meant his words to mean one thing: as is always the case with irony, they ended up to mean something different from what he intended.
The inscription on the pedestal reads, "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look at my works, Ye Mighty, and despair!" The irony of this statement is that there are no longer any "works" left to marvel at. Evidence of Ozymandias's imperial accomplishments has diminished with time, and there are no remains of his former glory.
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