Question

What is the subject and theme of "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley?

Answer 1

Answer:

A. The subject is death and the theme is that death overpowers all.

Explanation:

"Ozymandias" is a poem that portrays the moment when the speaker came across the statue of a king, who was very grand and powerful while he was alive, but who now, years after his death, is nothing more than a mere destroyed statue. , thrown in the sand. The power and kingdom that this king built was completely defeated by death, which is more powerful than he.

Thus, we can see that the poem has death as its main subject. In addition, the poem is about death's ability to dominate everything the way it wishes.

The subject of a poem refers to the main element that the poet wants to address within the text. In contrast, the theme is the message the author wants to convey through the poem.