I MET a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... Near them, on the
sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage [face] lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which still survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal 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 colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. Which word supports the meaning of visage? Sand Sunk Lies Frown
The word “visage” is used to describe a person's
face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features. In this poem “Ozymandias”
by Percy Bysshe Shelley, the word “visage” is supported by the word “frown” (“whose
frown”) as it serves as a reference to the form of the face.
