Answer:
The "shattered visage" (line 4) from Ozymandias refers to
a) the broken-off head of the statue
Explanation:
<em>I met a traveller from an antique land,
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<em>Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
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<em>Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
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<em>Half sunk a </em><em>shattered visage</em><em> lies, whose frown,
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<em>And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
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<em>Tell that its sculptor well those passions read</em>
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"Ozymandias" is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley in which the speaker recounts the words of a traveler. The traveler has found the ruins of what was once a kingdom. Among them, the statue of the king, Ozymandias, was also in ruins. The head of the statue had broken off of it, now lying in the sand, half sunk. However, the once imposing expression on the king's face remained, unaware of the destruction surrounding it, still claiming power over others although they are all long gone now. In line 4, "shattered visage" refers to this broken-off head.
