Question

write a paragraph about good deeds never die with reference to ozymandias

Answer 1

The poem ‘Ozymandias’ is about a traveller who describes to the poet of two huge stone legs on a pedestal in the vast desert, with no torso, but a lifeless head lying nearby. On the pedestal are the words proclaiming the great pharaoh Ozymandias, his great work and mocking all - even the mighty, to despair.

The poet describes how only the stone legs and empty words are left now. It is implied that good deeds do not need monuments, statues or words carved on stones. Good deeds speak for themselves, by their sheer virtue and will live in the memory of people for generations.

‘Ozymandias’ is a poem by the great English romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 – 1822).

Answer 2

The poem ‘Ozymandias’ is about a traveller who describes to the poet of two huge stone legs on a pedestal in the vast desert, with no torso, but a lifeless head lying nearby. On the pedestal are the words proclaiming the great pharaoh Ozymandias, his great work and mocking all - even the mighty, to despair.