Question

Read the passage from "Ozymandias."

Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed

The
in this passage is a common characteristic of the Romantic movement.

Answer 1

The emphasis on emotion — the poem highlights powerful feelings (the "frown," "wrinkled lip," "sneer of cold command") which reflects the Romantic focus on passion and individual feeling over reason.