Question

What is the ironic about the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias Statue?

Answer 1

Ironic is that statue brings out king's arrogance and his urge to immortalize himself but unfortunately he was lying .
OZYMANDIAS is a beautiful poem written by P.B Shelley where the poet brings out the sheer futility of pride, pretentiousness and sshort sightedness of the rich and the powerful .In the course of analysing OZYMANDIAS 'S urge to establish his greatness , the poet undergoes futility of all such efforts .
OZYMANDIAS has built a coloss statue of himself to intimidate and humiliate his fellow kings and to impress them with hus glorious splendour. His words" LOOK UPON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR "! challenged the mighty kings. However , Time devoured all his grandeur and magnificence and the very icon of his majestic glory lay half- buried in the sand. Today his ostentatious challenge to all his fellow kings sound so hollow and the inscription on the pedestal with the trunkless legs ironically mocks at hus ludicrous claim to power and might.

It is foolish on the part of Man to imagine that his' glorious achievements ' would survive the onslaught of Time

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Answer 2

Answer:

There is an irony about the inscription on the

pedestal of Ozymandias statue. According to the

statue’s inscription, the whole area should have

huge palaces and other statues. But nothing was

visible as they were destroyed with the passage of

time.