Why the shattered visage of ozymandias was half sunk in the sand Share with your friends Share 0 Mat Mathew answered this It was broken off from the remainig body over a period of time and thus it fell and was half sunk in the sand 1 View Full Answer Vedant B answered this The half sunk nature of the visage(face) tells that time is almighty and none can exceed time. Time perishes everyone and none is spared. It states that man is mortal and his creations are destroyed once by time. ^_^ 2 Nandhitha answered this Due to ravage of time 0