'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley - analysis help?

Question: 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley - analysis help!?

i need help analysing this poem and its deeper meaning!. please comment on as much quotes as you can to help me!. thank youWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Shelley abhors the ruling class, and seems to think that significant sociopolitical change is on the horizon!. In “Ozymandias”, Shelley explains his cynicism with the power of the ruling class and doubts its great impact on humanity as a whole!. Shelley uses king Ozymandias of Egypt to illustrate how “mighty” rulers are worthless to humanity!. Their power, like that of Ozymandias, will not withstand the test of time!. Ironically, even though the king was very powerful, now, everything he stood for has been destroyed!. He thought he was an important and mighty man, but his kingdom has decayed and is a “colossal Wreck, boundless and bare” (11-12)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The caption is "Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair"!.

At the first level, Ozymandias is claiming his own might by his works!.

At the second level, the works and Ozymandias have gone - only the plinth remains so the caption is false!.

At the third level, the caption is true because his loss stands as a warning to the mighty that their works will also disappear!.Www@QuestionHome@Com