Abrams, MH "Ozymandias" The Norton Anthology of English Literature. General Editor Stephen Greenblatt. 9th ed. New York: Norton, 2013. Page 1794. Print.In the poem "Ozymandias" the speaker mentions meeting a traveler who tells the story of a shattered old king in the middle of the desert. Although his stature is severely damaged, his mocking face is still visible and there is an inscription encouraging those who pass by to admire his mighty works. Ironically, there are no powerful works to admire around, only an endless, barren desert remains. Shelley tells this ironic story of King Ozymandias to show that things change and nothing lasts forever. This source is considered impartial and reliable because it comes directly from a literature book. It is very different from other sources because it states the poem instead of going into detail about the meaning of the poem. This would be a very useful source for anyone working on anything. One of the primary elements of figurative language represented in poetry is that of irony (Edwards 2). The king wanted his statue built so that every person who saw it in future generations could see how powerful he was and all the great things he had created, but in reality the statue ended up broken and abandoned in the middle of the desert with no more nothing around. It is also ironic that few people pass by the statue, but even when someone does encounter it, they view Ozymandias negatively and believe him to be a strict ruler who did not care about the well-being of his people due to the cold. mocking facial expression that the sculptor created on the statue. Another form of figurative language in this poem is imagery. The visually descriptive way in which Shelley wrote the poem "Ozymandias" allows the reader to imagine in their mind what the statue must have looked like