"Ozymandias"

"Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:"

Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" contains situational irony because it is simple.  It is about a once great king and who has been forgotten.  Ozymandias had a statue of himself built and on it is said "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings; Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair."  This statement on the statue is ironic because the king boasted about himself and had his statue built, but his statue is now broken and forgotten just as he was.  The king was an oppressive tyrant and his statue was a constant reminder, but after he died and his statue broke he was soon forgotten.