 Studying Ozymandias? Here's how you can analyse this poem. In terms of structure, this poem is written as a sonnet. Remember, a sonnet is one stanza of 14 lines. The speaker opens by telling us they met a traveller from an antique land which is a reference to ancient Egypt. The Sazura after the words, who said, signals a turning point. The Anjomon after trunkless legs of stone brings attention to the fact that this statue has been demolished. Alliteration here emphasises that this statue is of a powerful person who was horrible to his subjects. Also, this verb emphasises that this person was quite a cruel leader. The title of the poem is repeated here, and this is contextually a reference to King Ramesses II, who was an Egyptian pharaoh. The imperative sentence in line 11 shows just how arrogant Ozymandias was. He thought everybody would remember him. Yet the hyperbole here shows that his statue was abandoned to nature. The alliteration here emphasises how nature is what destroyed his statue. The sibilance shows that sand was more powerful than Ozymandias.