Question 9 of 20
Which line of this excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley reflects the theme that art alone can last forever?
(A) "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
(B) And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
(C) Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
(D) The lone and level sands stretch far away.
O A. "Half sunk, a shattered visage lies,
• B. And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
• c. Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
D. The lone and level sands stretch far away."