Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question

I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tells 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:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Question 12
Which of the following Romantic ideas were best expressed in the theme of Ozymandias?(1 point)

a. Nature is more powerful than man

b. The common man is more powerful than aristocrats

c. Human emotion is more powerful than scientific reasoning

d. The countryside is more important than the city.

Answer 1

a. Nature is more powerful than man