Question

what is the irony in the last two line of the poem 'Ozymandias'?

Answer 1

The irony in Ozymandias pivots on these lines: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my work, ye Mighty, and despair!" Ozymandias, once a powerful Egyptian tyrant, had a huge statue built of himself and inscribed it with those lines. Ironically, the statue is now broken and scattered, and the once mighty kingdom is an empty, barren desert

Answer 2

Irony of the poem is that Ozymandias a mighty king and a powerful ruler, but now his statue is present in broken pieces and mixed with dust and sand