One of the main ideas in the poem Ozymandias is that he is depicted as sneering, contemptuous, mocking, and commanding. His statue has decayed with time. To contrast the present state of the statue with the words inscribed on it; no one looks at the statue now. The poem ironically suggests the absurdity of man’s pride in his achievements, monuments. His great works are turned to rubble and seen by no one. One interesting point about that poem is that Ozymandias was apparently correct in his view that people should be in awe of his long lost power, because if he will be eventually forgotten, what does that say about the average person in the twenty-first century? What hope do we have that we will leave anything behind or a lasting legacy?