Read the analysis of a theme from "ode on a grecian urn."

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.