Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias," what effect is created by the poet's use of phrases like "antique land," "shattered visage," and &qu…

Question

Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias," what effect is created by the poet's use of phrases like "antique land," "shattered visage," and "ye Mighty"?

A.
They instill the poem with a sense of age and long periods of time past.


B.
They instill the poem with the speaker's great admiration for the king.


C.
They instill the poem with a feeling of the vastness of the desert.


D.
They instill the poem with a sense of futility and hopelessness.

Answer 1

"C. They instill the poem with a feeling of the vastness of the desert" is the proper answer for what effect is created by the poet's use of phrases like "antique land," "shattered visage," and "ye Mighty"?