What is theme of Ozymandias

The message of Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymandias" is in the idea that power is temporary, even that of great rulers who may believe their power to be immortal.

Explanation:

all power is temporary, no matter how prideful or tyrannical a ruler is.

dude, * is in your own words, not mine.

* = the answer

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."