Read the passage from Ozymandias. 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. Which word from the poem best summarizes the overall mood of the poem?

Decay is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Ozzymandias is a poem written by Pershy Bysshe Shelley, an English poet which was part of the Romanticism. This sonnet is perhaps the most famous work by the author and it narrates the end of th empire of Ozzymandias, which was the Greek name given to Ramesses II, an Egyptian pharaoh. Due to this, the word that summarizes the mood of the poem is decay.