Which of these is a major theme of the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley?

A. The past is irrelevant.

B. Power and fame are fleeting.

C. Man is destroying nature.

D. People can live on after their deaths through poetry that is created about them.

Question

Kadyn Taylor

English

15 December, 13:20

Which of these is a major theme of the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley?

A. The past is irrelevant.

B. Power and fame are fleeting.

C. Man is destroying nature.

D. People can live on after their deaths through poetry that is created about them.

+1

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Alisa Rasmussen · Answer 1

D. I wouldn't say that was the theme though but it is the closest. I say the actual theme is that no matter what you do in your life, you will still amount to the same dust under your family's feet.

Which of these is a major theme of the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley?A. The past is irrelevant.B. Power and fame are fleeting.C. Man is destroying nature.D. People can live on after their deaths through poetry that is created about them.

Which of these is a major theme of the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley?

A. The past is irrelevant.

B. Power and fame are fleeting.

C. Man is destroying nature.

D. People can live on after their deaths through poetry that is created about them.