Ozymadias

Question 1

Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Answer 1

something that was once great has now fallen apart possible metaphor for empires

Question 2

sneer of cold command

Answer 2

Ozymandias (Rameses II) ruled with fear he was a brutal leader

Question 3

the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed

Answer 3

how he ruled by demeaning yet appeasing his subjects

Question 4

king of kings

Answer 4

conveys how the ruler was arrogant and conceited

Question 5

look on my works, ye mighty, and despair

Answer 5

he is referring to God and implying that he is superior

Question 6

colossal wreck

Answer 6

juxtaposition colossal is reminiscent of a Greek statue

Question 7

boundless and bare

Answer 7

alliteration