This honestly sounds like the start of the story, and the statue would be pretty cool to see. As for feelings n that I really don’t have any. It sounds like the statue was meant to dominate the landscape and be the best things around, which it is, but now the surroundings are lifeless and bland, showing that this ambition to be the best and show off made everything else bland, plain and worthless. It gives a feeling of loneliness and despair. His legacy is one of distaste and almost hate. Nothing good has come of it.
Visage: The manifestation, image, or aspect of something.
Some rhyme but definitely not like shakespeare. Iambic pentameter 8 lines then 6 lines. The volta could be what is on the pedestal, the quote, because that is the only 2 lines that have a different mood / tone to it.
This is a recount of a previous conversation with a man. Huge description of the statue, and each description has a specific connotation, so the word choice is very specific.
This poem is giving a message or a lesson of how a man’s unchecked pride and ambition can lead to loneliness and despair.