In Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias," what effect is created by the poet's use of phrases like "antique land," "shattered visage," and "ye Mighty"?

A.

They instill the poem with a sense of futility and hopelessness.

B.

They instill the poem with a sense of age and long periods of time past.

C.

They instill the poem with a feeling of the vastness of the desert.

D.

They instill the poem with the speaker's great admiration for the king.

Question

English

Goon

19 September, 16:03

In Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias," what effect is created by the poet's use of phrases like "antique land," "shattered visage," and "ye Mighty"?

A.

They instill the poem with a sense of futility and hopelessness.

B.

They instill the poem with a sense of age and long periods of time past.

C.

They instill the poem with a feeling of the vastness of the desert.

D.

They instill the poem with the speaker's great admiration for the king.

+1

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Sheldon Olsen · Answer 1

"They instill the poem with a sense of age and long periods of time past" is the best option from the list in terms of the effect created by the poet's use of these phrases.