Question

Select one piece of evidence that supports the situational irony of the poem.

Antique land
Who said
Wrinkled lip
Half sunk

the poem:
I MET a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert ... Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage [face] lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which still survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Answer 1

Answer:

The piece of evidence that supports the situational irony of the poem is Half sunk. The correct answer is the last one.

Explanation:

Let's remember that irony is a literary device that uses a term or a phrase, like in this case, that normally would mean the exact opposite and is usually used to create humorous or emphatic effect. In this poem, the phrase Half sunk shows what kind of text we are dealing with.

Answer 2

Answer:

Half sunk

Explanation:

Situational irony is probably the most common kind of irony that a reader will find in literature. The authors use situational irony to surprise, intrigue and engage the public. When the reader expects something to happen, but something else occurs, the reader can then reflect on the decisions, motivations, and relationships of the characters and events that happened in the story. Most people are familiar with a "plot touch" in a story; This is usually when the author employs situational irony.  In the case of this poem, the term that most closely resembles the concept of situational irony is  "Half sunk".