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1)what do u think is the them of the poem ozymandias

2) in what poetic format has it been written

Answer 1

It's a sonnet with an unusual rhyming pattern for a sonnet.

It's about the importance of art and the achievement of a great artist.
Everything mentioned in the poem is something that has been created by ancient artists. That is all the remains to know about Ozymandias- that and the artist's opinion of Ozymandias.
The artist "well those passions read" and was skillful at transferring them "on these lifeless things" to the point that he has managed to portray the inner nastiness of Ozymandias- "the heart that fed", i.e., Ozymandias heart that fed his vanity. "The hand that mocked them", i.e., that mocked Ozymandias vanity, is the artist's hand that created the statue, and it is the achievement of the artist that he has managed to communicate his disdain for Ozymandias' vanity even to the present day.
In short, all that remains of Ozymandias' "works" are wreckage, but the artist's vision, what the artist had to say- that Ozymandias was a jerk- survives.
Poets are artists, Shelley was an artist, and he was undoubtedly making a point to the powerful of his day.

Answer 2

Ozymandias Questions And Answers

Answer 3

Search the historical background of Ozymandias, or Ossymandias (Rameses II of the New Kingdom). You can then fully appreciate the depth of the poem. Rameses built one of the largest amount of monuments, temples, statues that Egypt had known. He built Abu Simbel, continued the building of Sety I, built the Ramesseum, etc.
There is supreme irony in the lines "My name is... despair." It may resound the old message of how the proud, the powerful are humbled. How everything human crumbles in the face of time. Please also observe the power and effects of "Nothing beside remains." Irony, silence, even sadness and so much more is contained within that single phrase. It really is a powerful poem.
O, and its a sonnet, definitely not a free verse.

Answer 4

Its one of my favorite poems of all time.

Its written in 'free verse' (no particular structure)

It is about the impermanence of everything and human vanity and pride.