Which part of this excerpt from "ozymandias" by percy shelley reflect the theme that art alone can last forever? ["half sunk, a shattered visage lies,] whose frown, [and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,] tell that its sculptor well those passions read [which yet 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."]

In this poem, P.B. Shelley paints a picture of a desert and a destroyed statue with a readable sign. The whole poem points at how everything man-made will fade away and the nature around it will never end. From the phrases selected, the one that best reflects this theme is Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things. The fact that this part of the statue survives lets us know that it has been through a struggle to get to this point. The very definition of the word survive is the continued existence through danger and difficulties. The fact that these engravings have had to survive leads us to think that it may not be like this forever while "... lone and level sands stretch far away."

Therefore, your best answer is Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things.