Question

Read the following excerpts: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley (excerpt) 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.

Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats (excerpt) When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"–that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

Which of these subjects do both excerpts address?

a. war
b. power
c. time
d. love

Answer 1

C ////////////////.........................................................................

Answer 2

The correct answer here is C.

Both the poem Ozymandias by Percy Shelley and the Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats deal with the topic of time but the two show and explore it from different angles. Shelley is looking at time as something that destroys the mighty nations and the culture. On the other hand Keats, sees art as something timeless that survives through the ages.