"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
(Ozymandias)
I THINK I GET IT!! So, there's this old king Ozymandias. When he was at his prime, he was a tyrant ruler who everyone feared. Then, as time went on, the people started to realize their own strength and revolted. Poor little Ozy got kicked to the curb. A particularly interesting line is "The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed." When I first read this, I assumed it was talking about how the people didn't listen to their king. The more I thought about it though, the more I understood. The people didn't bite the hand of the king! The king bit the hand of the people! They are where his power originates, and this poem is to prove that the power of the people can always trump that of one man or organization.
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