In the end, Shelley tells the readers that although the despots themselves may think they are the greatest rulers, when in fact, they contribute nothing for the world, thus defining the main irony of the poem. The poem, however, expresses other ironic ideas, using the same lines, but interpreting them with different meanings...
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The haughty comment on the pedestal can also act as a foreshadow, hinting the readers that they may one day also face the same fate as the tyrant and decay into dust against the sands of time. The last few lines that describe the desolate desert also convey the hopelessness Ozymandias' fruitless works and the dark future of despotism that continue on forever, just like the "lone and level sands [that] stretch far away...
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Interpretation of ``Ozymandias`` Shelley used imagery and a very impressive ironical way to write this poem. Basically, the poem is divided into two parts; the first eight lines are describing an ancient decayed sculpture seen by a traveler...	3 / 619
Interpretation Of ``ozymandias`` Shelley used imagery and a very impressive ironical way to write this poem. Basically, the poem is divided into two parts; the first eight lines are describing an ancient decayed sculpture seen by a traveler...	3 / 619
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