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In the poem "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, what does the phrase "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" symbolize?
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The transience of human power and ambition
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The phrase "two vast and trunkless legs of stone" symbolizes the transience of human power and ambition. The statue of Ozymandias, once a mighty and powerful ruler, is now nothing more than a few broken fragments in the desert, a reminder that even the greatest empires and rulers are eventually forgotten.