"Ozymandias" is a sonnet poem, written by Percy Bysshe Shelly. In this poem Shelly uses brilliant terminology, to let the reader imagine a vivid picture of the story narrated. The story starts right away as alliteration of the "s" word is used to present a calm, soothing, still mood, "I met a traveler from an antique land, Who said: 'Two vast and trunkless legs of stone, Stand in the desert." The first picture that Shelly presents is the shattered stone statue, with only the head and legs remaining, while the face lies conceited. "Sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those pa…
