The ‘hand’ here is the hand of the sculptor. In the poem, ‘Ozymandias’, the poet says, ‘the hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed’. He got a statue built to immortalise his name but he forgot that nothing could stand against time and powerful elements of nature. But the irony is that the king’s statue was lying in the dust. Ozymandias, the king, had got written at the pedestal of the statue, I am the king of kings’. What is ironic about the fate of Ozymandias ? He felt that he was the mightiest of all. Ozymandias was a mighty king who had defeated many of the kings around his kingdom and had acquired those kingdoms. Why does Ozymandias refer to himself as ‘king of kings’ ?
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Time is all powerful and can destroy everything. King Ozymandias had got the statue created as a symbol of his power and mightiness but the time destroyed it. It is in a shattered condition as it is ravaged by time. Who does the ‘shattered visage’ in the poem, ‘Ozymandias’, belong to and why is it ‘half sunk’ ? He failed to realise that life is ephemeral.
But his kingdom was no where to be seen and even his own statue was in a dilapidated state. He thought that his kingdom would remain forever. This suggests that the king was very boastful, vain and arrogant. The inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias statue says I am Ozymandias, the king of kings, look on my works, ye mighty and despair. What is ironic about the inscription on the pedestal of Ozymandias’ statue ?
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