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    The traveller told the poet about a ruined statue of the Egyptian king Ozymandias in a deserted land. The once mighty statue now lay in broken pieces, with only its legs and damaged face remaining. An inscription on the statue's pedestal read "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" but the statue and the king's works were now destroyed and lost to time in the endless desert, demonstrating the fleeting nature of human power and achievement.

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    The traveller told the poet about a ruined statue of the Egyptian king Ozymandias in a deserted land. The once mighty statue now lay in broken pieces, with only its legs and damaged face remaining. An inscription on the statue's pedestal read "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" but the statue and the king's works were now destroyed and lost to time in the endless desert, demonstrating the fleeting nature of human power and achievement.

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    The traveller told the poet about a ruined statue of the Egyptian king Ozymandias in a deserted land. The once mighty statue now lay in broken pieces, with only its legs and damaged face remaining. An inscription on the statue's pedestal read "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" but the statue and the king's works were now destroyed and lost to time in the endless desert, demonstrating the fleeting nature of human power and achievement.

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    The traveller told the poet about a ruined statue of the Egyptian king Ozymandias in a deserted land. The once mighty statue now lay in broken pieces, with only its legs and damaged face remaining. An inscription on the statue's pedestal read "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" but the statue and the king's works were now destroyed and lost to time in the endless desert, demonstrating the fleeting nature of human power and achievement.

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    Ozymandias

    Summary of this poem:

    In this poem, the poet met a traveller from the ancient land of Egypt. He told the
    poet about the ruined statue of the great powerful king, Ozymandias. He says
    that the statue is made up of stone in an old land. Moreover, it stands on legs
    only. The upper body was destroyed. Furthermore, the face of the statue lay
    nearby on the sand. It was damaged and destroyed by the passage of time. The
    face of the statue had expressions of displeasure and a taunting smile. The
    wrinkles and lines of the face were also there. The poet says that the sculptor
    who had made the statue had read the expressions on the Egyptian king
    Ramesses’s face very well as he was able to copy them onto his statue so
    accurately. These expressions continued to exist even after the king’s death
    through this lifeless statue.

    The traveller next described the word inscribed (written on something) on the
    pedestal (lowest part of the body) of the statue, which say, ‘My name is
    Ozymandias, king of the kings: Look upon my works, ye mighty and despair!’
    The king announced himself as the mightiest. He wanted others king to feel
    belittled (insult) in front of him. The poet says that now nothing else other than
    this engraving (something like grave) remains. The statue broke down by the
    passage of time and its broken pieces could be seen lying around. The vast
    desert stretched all around and it seems to be endless. The statue of the great
    king Ozymandias was nowhere to be seen.

    Thus, in this poem the poet brings out the vanity of the human power.
    Everything in this world is temporary and is bound to crumble and brought low
    with the passage of time. Even the mightiest ruler, dynasties (royal ancestor/
    bloodline) and regimes (rulers) will bite dust and their works be buried in the
    level sand. Nothing can stand and withstand time forever.

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