In "Ozymandias", by Percy Bysshe Shelley, in which the phrase "antique land" alludes to Egypt, this allusion creates meaning in the poem because <em>A. It creates a sense of mystery and antiquity.</em>
In "Ozymandias", the narrator tells us about the statue of Ozymandias, the Greek name for Pharaoh Rameses II. He depicts it as almost completely destroyed, and lying in the desert. Like rulers, the statue couldn't overcome time. As a romantic, Shelley, focuses on the leader, the hero, and his passions and struggles. There is also in romantics an interest for the remote, the mysterious, the weird and the exotic.
