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What do these lines from Shelleys “Ozymandias” mean?

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What do these lines from Shelleys “Ozymandias” mean?

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mrs-campbell Teacher High School – 11th Grade Shelley, in these lines, is pointing out how the pride, egotism, and powerful feeling of immortality possessed by this ruler has turned to dust, and how “nothing beside remains” of his majestic kingdom and royalty. The monument to this leader sits in the middle of a desert, abandoned, forgotten, eroding away. However, during the king’s time period, he probably felt that he was immortal and all-powerful, and hence had his statue inscribed with the ominious “Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!” logo that was meant to emphasize his power. But now the traveller is looking on all that is left of the ruler’s works, and doesn’t feel despair; rather, he feels pity, or nothing, as all that is left of the king’s kingdom is the desert, “boundless and bare/The lone and level sands stretch far away”. Sources: http://www.enotes.com/ozymandias-text/notes http://www.enotes.com/ozymandias-text/ozymandias Rate answer: $(‘#aScore-75347’).istars(setAnswe

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