Which excerpt from Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” refers directly to the title character?
“…The loan and level sands stretch far away.”
“…Tells that its sculptor well its passions read…”
“I met a traveler from an antique land/Who said…”
“…Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Stand in the desert…”

Respuesta :

D. .....Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Stand in the desert..."

The correct answer is D: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert..."


The poem is actually discussing a great statue of the Egyptian pharoah Ramses II. The Greeks called Ramses by the name Ozymandias.


In the poem, a traveler tells the speaker about "two vast and trunkless legs of stone [that] stand in the desert..." This description refers to the statue of Ramses, or Ozymandias, which is now damaged and in pieces.