What's the meaning of: 'Half sunk, a shattered visage lies'?
The head/ broken face of a statue lies half-buried by the sand.
What's the meaning of: 'Two vast a trunkless legs of stone'?
Two huge stone legs with no body attached.
What's the meaning of: 'It's sculptor well those passions read, Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things'?
The sculptor did a brilliant job of recreating the brutal face of Ozymandias. The facial expression remains on the rock (although the leader is long dead).
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