Read the analysis of a theme from "Ode on a Grecian Um."
While the theme of "Ode on a Grecian Um" focuses on how
art is eternal, the theme of "Ozymandias" focuses on how
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.
royalty is superior.
nature endures.
things change.
deserts are lonely
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.