English

Nora Browning

24 August, 23:19

One theme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is that art is an eternal and unchanging truth.

Now, read the passage from "Ozymandias," another poem from the romantic period.

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.

While the theme of "Ode on a Grecian Urn" focuses on how art is eternal, the theme of "Ozymandias" focuses on how

royalty is superior.

nature endures.

things change.

deserts are lonely.