Question

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…”

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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.