"Nothing beside remains."
Ozymandias
If Ozymandias could see his statue now, I don't think he would be as cocky as he was when it was built. In this poem, the diction the writer uses reveals the irony of the situation that the crumbled statue presents. The "king of kings" who is "mighty" is suddenly "lifeless". Other words such as "shattered", "wrinkled", "cold", and "sneer" seem to mock the words that are later presented in the poem, as well. My main confusion, however, is what significance the "traveler from an antique land" has. Why is he mentioned, and why is this statue sitting in the middle of the desert? I grasped the fact that because it's in the desert, it explains why there is nothing around. The kingdom that Ozymandias looks over is nonexistent- but still i wonder what the traveler has to do with this all.
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