Question

Which line of this excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley reflects the theme that art alone can last forever?

Answer 1

Answer:

The line, "Nothing Beside Remains, Round The Decay" simply reflects the theme that art alone can last forever.

Explanation:

"Ozymandias" is a poem by Percy Shelley. It talks about the foolish desire of the Eygptian King Ramesses who built  a statue of himself in the bid to immortalize himself.

The statue was broken and the face that was left depicted the king's expressions and emotions. These expressions and emotions will be after his death; even after his death, his expressions has been inscripted on the statue.

Therefore, the line "nothing beside remains round the decay" simply says,  "that art alone can last forever" which gives the insight that even after king dies and his life gone and decayed,  the statue as an art will still live on.

Answer 2

Answer:

The line from "ozimandias" by Percy Shelley which reflects the theme that art alone can last forever is; "which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things."

Explanation:

The poem "ozimandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley follows a specific pattern. the idea of the poem are shown in two different scenes which the persona describes.

The first stanza of the poem highlighted the first incident in the first meeting between the traveler and the narrator. The persona also mentioned his second meeting which happens at the diminishing statue of an ancient Egyptian king.

The poem showed four different characters at play while the poet played the role of the persona in the first line. she employed total complexities in her poems.

The line" which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things" reflects the theme that art alone can last forever.