Why is it significant that the statue, although damaged, sits alone in the desert? What kind of statement does Shelley seem to be making? Use evidence from the text to support your response.

It is significant because it shows that although the statue says that his empire is infinite and he is too powerful, everything is in ruin, and it shows how everything passes and Ozymandias could not fight the passage of time that will inevitably ruin everything, exactly as his empire became a desert.