what is the message conveyed through the poem ozymandias? class 10
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The meaning or themes of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem “Ozymandias” are fairly straightforward and are also highly traditional. Basically, the poem reminds powerful people that their power is only temporary. However much powerful people may wish to think that their power is immortal, they are only deceiving themselves
Ozymandias by P.B Shelley is a sonnet which speaks about the ruined statue. Ozymandias is the name of the throne of the Egyptian king Ramesses. This sonnet depicts the desire of the king to erect a statue in order to immortalize himself.
Through this poem, two important aspects of life are conveyed. First is the hugeness of the mother nature and the other is the glory and power of a human being. Therefore, the message conveyed through the poem is that nothing in this world is immortal and everything is time- bounded. At last, through the ravage of time even the powerful or mighty, cannot escape.