Question 126
MediumOriginal questionI met a traveller from an land
Who said: Two vast and legs of stone
Stand in the desert...Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the these words appear:
‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that wreck, and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
What remains of the statue, according to the traveller?
Show the answer and explanation
Correct answer: A
Explanation
The traveller says "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert", and near them "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies".
Worth noting
The words on the pedestal remain too, but they are not all that is left.
- Concept
- Locating details in a poem
- Typical timeTypical
- 40 s
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