Michelle Bader
Dr. David Reinheimer
Lit. & Comp.
03.16.18
Ozymandias
The poem “Ozymandias” is about an encounter between the speaker and a traveler who comes
from an ancient land. The origin of the traveler is rumored to be a native of the ancient country
or a tourist returning from a journey. It is spoken of a few stone legs that stand in the desert.
The legs are described as vast and stemless. In the sand lies a damaged stone head – a part of a
statue. The traveler told him, that he had seen a ruined statue, one traveler read that the statue
belongs to Ozydimasm the King of kings. The traveler is describing a ruin of a the monument,
a monument of a former ruler. In the poem, the author describes a powerful king who sought
