Explain the following nbsp My name is Ozymandias King of Kings Look on my Works ye Mighty and despair In the poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley - the lines My name is Ozymandias King of Kings Look on my Works ye Mighty and despair show the pride and arrogance of a powerful king These words are written on the pedestal of a broken statue in the desert The king Ozymandias wanted everyone to see how powerful he was He wanted to show that no one could be greater than him The phrase King of Kings means that Ozymandias thought of himself as the greatest ruler of all He believed his empire and achievements were so powerful that no one could ever surpass them He thought his greatness would last forever However time has shown how wrong he was The words Look on my Works ye Mighty and despair were