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Bring out the irony in the poem OZYMANDIAS.

the king asks the onlookers to look at his sculpture and depair the irony is that the statue is missing his body

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The irony of this poem is that even though Ozymandias considered himself as a mighty and powerful king,,he could not withstand the destructive forces of Nature and Time.. 

  Qualities like pride ,having contempt towards others ,arrogant took him no where...And he is no more in the world except for his ruined statue.

 

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There is a great deal of irony in Ozymandias ' shattered visage on the sand. The king who so terrified those he commanded for so long no longer has any power, yet, his face still tries to dominate all he sees. The very actions that brought to him a period of glory also brought the destruction of what he worked so vigilantly on. Once finished the reader can look back and realize how ironic the entire situation is; at one point this ruler was (or believed himself to be) the most powerful man to have ever lived, and now people look at his lifeless shrine and realize the truth. As long as this poem goes on being read Ozymandias will live on.

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 the king asks the people to look at his statue and despair.the irony is that the statue is missing its body,it has nothing but its leg and its pedestral

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 What bs.

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 The irony of “Ozymandias” cuts much deeper as the reader realises that the forces of mortality and flexibility, described brilliantly in the concluding lines, will wear down and destroy all our lives. There is a special justice in the way tyrants are subject to time, but all humans face death and decay. The poem primarily depicts an ironic picture of Ozymandias and other rulers like him, but it is also a prominent thought on time-bound humanity: the traveler in the ancient land, the sculptor-artist who fashioned the tomb, and the reader of the poem, no less than Ozymandias, inhabit a world that is “boundless and bare.”

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The irony of“Ozymandias” cuts much deeper as the reader realises that the forces of mortality and flexibility, described brilliantly in the concluding lines, will wear down and destroy all our lives. There is a special justice in the way tyrants are subject to time, but all humans face death and decay. The poem primarily depicts an ironic picture of Ozymandias and other rulers like him, but it is also a prominent thought on time-bound humanity: the traveler in the ancient land, the sculptor-artist who fashioned the tomb, and the reader of the poem, no less than Ozymandias, inhabit a world that is “boundless and bare.”

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The irony of Ozymandias cuts much deeper as the reader realises that the forces of mortality and flexibility, described brilliantly in the concluding lines, will wear down and destroy all our lives. There is a special justice in the way tyrants are subject to time, but all humans face death and decay. The poem primarily depicts an ironic picture of Ozymandias and other rulers like him, but it is also a prominent thought on time-bound humanity: the traveler in the ancient land, the sculptor-artist who fashioned the tomb, and the reader of the poem, no less than Ozymandias, inhabit a world that is boundless and bare.

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The irony in the poem is the fact that the ruler carved as a sculpture is depicted to be very powerful and tyrannous. He is shown to be boastful of the fact that he is the greatest ruler of all times. However, he hasn't been able to win over time. Time is shown here to be more powerful and destructive than the ruler. This ironical situation projects the truth that man doesn't have control over the laws of nature and time does not take into consideration the mount of power one possesses.

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ozymandias bad man

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The irony of this poem, though Ozymandias considered himself as a powerful and mighty king, he could not withstand the ravages of Nature and Time. He didn't do any good deeds that could be remembered in the memories of the people. So even his boasting was worthless.

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The irony of Ozymandias cuts much deeper as the reader realises that the forces of mortality and flexibility, described brilliantly in the concluding lines, will wear down and destroy all our lives. There is a special justice in the way tyrants are subject to time, but all humans face death and decay. The poem primarily depicts an ironic picture of Ozymandias and other rulers like him, but it is also a prominent thought on time-bound humanity: the traveler in the ancient land, the sculptor-artist who fashioned the tomb, and the reader of the poem, no less than Ozymandias, inhabit a world that is boundless and bare.

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Ozymandius constructed his statue just for he wanted himself to be remembered till posterity but the time played its havoc on the statue and noone could know about him, this is the irony...
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Though King Ozymandias claims to be the "king of kings" and someone to be revered and be afraid of, time has proved greater than him. All his works and deeds have been lost and forgotten in due course of time. All that remains now is his broken statue and half-sunken visage. Time has proved mighty, and no one - not even the powerful and mighty - can triumph over it. 
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The irony in the poem is Nothing can last forever. It is foolishness to think that by statutes and monuments you can be in the minds of people. Everything will be destroyed by time
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Ozymandias was a great king of Egypt. He made his statue in order to immortalise himself. The statue was intended to create fear but now it only creates wonder because of its ruined conditions. The statue lies broken and disfigured in the barren desert. So it no longer makes other rulers fear.
This is the irony in the poem.
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There is an irony in the poem in the lines written in the bottom of the statue. "My name is ozymandias, king of kings"
The irony of this is that the one's great king is no more, moreover his empire, his rule,and his people are all gone, disappeared in the whirls of time.The remains of empire is nothing but a statue wrecked by time and lost in sands of the faraway desert.
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The irony in poem is that Ozymandias used to consider himself all high and powerful in that time and no other king could withstand against him, but now his statue is broken and standing on the pedestal with just two legs, hid visage (face) is laying half sunk in the sand as if sinking in the sands of time.
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some extra to know :
No one can defeat time, it is most powerful of all. All the achievements ultimately leads to grave. It is useless to showcase ones power, greatness is only known by ones good deed.
 
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Ozymandias was a very powerful ruler. No ruler in that time withstand aginst him. He was all mighty king. But now, his statue is present in broken pieces and has mixed with dust and sand. This is the irony which tells that once he was a great king and now his statue has been mixed up with sand and dust. Hope it helps!!!👍👍
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Q1. Irony is the use of words to convey the opposite of what is expected. How does the poet bring out the irony of Ozymandias proud words (hint.:which images contrast with his words)
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Dear Riva, I hope you are enjoying your ho You know that in these vacations I went to an ancient With family. I saw many places but one of them stirred me deeply. The place desert. where you could only see vast stretches Of sand. There lay a broken statue of the king named Ozymandias. He was the ruler of that land thousands of years ago. The remains of the Statue stood mounted on a stone based pedestal. There was an inscription engraved on it which -read as “My name is Ozymandias, king Of kinqs : Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair” I was wondering how the great king must have thought that this statue Of stone Will stand forever and tell the stories of his achievements to the world. He must have thought he would become immortal and be remembered by all. Nov his status was all shattered. crumbled and his bee rolled in the sand. Time takes its toll and does not spare anyone or anything. It made me realise that everything comes to an end with time. Nothing is immortal. I was just looking at his head half sunken in the sand and wondering where is his glorious kingdom, the lands he won. All this made me feel that we should live peacefully with others. Since all will perish one day, we should not kill or take away possessions and life from others to prove our greatness. I will meet you when the schools re-open. Your best friend Nithin
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Hi guys I am telling you the summary of Ozymandias Ozymandias is a poem which is written by Percy bysshe Shelley In this poem poet wants to say that The narrator meets the traveller from the ancient land the ancient land refer to Is easy but then Traveller is taking to the narrator and telling him that there is a huge statue which is no crumbling down the travel says to use and massive legs beach where the remaining part of the ones Grand statue are still standing the upper part or trunk of a stoner statues missing as It is crumbled and is lost over a period of time the place is a Sandy desert and half covered and son Kane in the sand is a piece of stone statue the traveller then goes on to describe the Expression Is Dil reflected on the stonefire despite the fact that the kingdom had fallen time he had faded away the stone face of the statue at expressions of Arrow games it had a from wrinkled eclipse scornful and hostile expression on face which showed an air of pride and Arrow games all the showed his in sensitivity and disapproval belittling other the sculptor had created his statue as he had seen the ruler Ridiculing Him the sculptor skillfully integrated the kings feelings on the statues face that you had no respect even for the sculpture whose hands had created his statue It was the Statue of a ruler of Egypt the great king ramses he was the great Pharoah After 19th dynasty of ancient Egypt his name was awesome India's the remains of the Statue stood mounted on a stone based pedestal there was an inscription engraved on it which read as my name is Ozymandias King of Kings Look on my works Ye Mighty and despair this shows the king was full of Self conceited self importance vanity with things of all others as very low in front of him in his body challenges The Mighty and says if anyone tried to surprass his work All match up to him the person will only in the pin despair and frustration the narrator then shows that despite His boastful inscription everything is controlled by nature and nothing is Immortal the ones was 10 great Kingdom had not disappeared nothing is left of the Wars Kingdom and all that can be seen it and as far as one can see the great Kingdom and its great king had fallen the civilization had turned into a deserted wasteland the poet has commented and shown sarcasm at a powerful statement by showing the in significance of human beings to the passage of time nothing is immortal. Guys if it was helpful for you then Thumbs up for this answer
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Ozymandias was very powerful ruler. No ruler in that time withstand against him. Even he built his own statue in order to immortalise himself. But that was of no use because today his statue is present in broken pieces and has mixed with the dust and sand. That means,the irony in the poem is though the king made his own statue by thinking that he would be remembered after his death for long time but nothing remains besides. That means nobody or non materialistic thing can surpass time. Hope this would be helpful!!!!!
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