Ozymandias

The poem “Ozymandias” develops the theme that nothing lasts because it gives more of a depressing tone. It has a sort of sadness about it. The imagery used in this poem that reinforces this theme is when “Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, who’s 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 ( lines 4-7). Those lines give the reader an image of an old statue that has been broken for a long time. The various speakers in this poem give the reader more of a sense as to what is going on, when the poem says “My name is Ozymandieas, king of kings!”( line 10) , you see who the statue is and why it is there. I do believe in this poem the author is saying that stone outlasts life, as stone can be broken and or sink into the ground but it will most likely always be there where as life must come to an end at some point.