"Ozymandias" Poem # 8

I think that this poem has a very good representation of many peoples work, who over the years dwindle down to nothing, at least that the hard work means nothing to nobody else to recognize it after something has gotten old and brittle. The sculptor made an engraving in this once grand statue saying "My name is Ozymandias,king of kings/Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" (Lines 10-11). This was an interesting phrase because he was talking proudly of his works, telling everyone who looked upon it to be jealous of his great feat in making this statue. Now the once great statue lays in ruins upon the ground in some desert "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" (2-5). By saying "shattered visage" they are stating that the once great statue has lost its composure and also faced the change of reality. This poem was very ironic in the fact that this statue used to be great, but now lay in ruins just like many of our american dreams.