What message might the poet be trying to express with this poem? Be sure to consider where the sculpture of Ozymandias was found, and what kind of condition the sculpture was in when the traveler found it. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Answer and Explanation:

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,

Percy Shelley's "Ozymandias" carries a message that existence and power are temporary. In the excerpt above, only the legs remained of what once was a colossal statue of an ancient king. The power that king once had is now gone, along with his cities, subjects, and fortune.

Round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

There is nothing left to remind us of the greatness that king once had except for the statue's remains. This is a second message the poem conveys. Art, unlike life itself, is permanent. The artistic representation of what that king once was is the only memory, able to "survive, stamped on these lifeless things."

i believe it true i guess because you are the one that is writing so you should know what you are putting in your essay.

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.