The statue of 'Ozymandias' is______________?
Correct answer: C. in a desert
- A. on a mountain
- B. beside a river
- C. in a desert
- D. in a valley
Explanation
In Shelley’s poem, the broken statue stands amid “lone and level sands” in a vast desert. The desert setting reinforces the contrast between Ozymandias’s former pride and the ruin of his empire.
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