Question

Ozymandias ' and "not marble, nor the gilded monuments ' are on time. compare the two sonnets in terms of the way in which time is treated by the poets.????

Answer 1

Both "Ozymandias" and "Not marble, nor gilded monuments" propagate the idea that no man-made structure will endure the test of time. Ozymandias made a splendid city by tyrannizing his subjects and  thought that it will stay there for ever for the world to see and despair. He thought that he would be admired by the world for ever. But when the traveler came upon his statue, it was broken and half buried in the desert sand. All that remained was the pedestal of the statue with his two legs and the arrogant inscription on it and a broken face. Everything else was destroyed in the course of time.

The other sonnet "Not marble, nor gilded monuments" conveys the idea that all the works of man are mortal and subjected to decay as time goes by. They lose their glitter and are destroyed. He compares the life of such monuments with that of literature. While man-made marble structures and monuments suffer devastation, the literature remains untarnished in the mind of generations till the dooms day. 

Answer 2

Both the sonnets are on ‘time’. In the poem, ‘ not marble nor the guilded monuments’ , poetry is eternal (never ending) . The tone of the first four lines , reflects the immense (extreamly great) confidence of the poet . His ‘powerful rhyme’ is compared to durable marble and solid , gilded memorials that mark the graves of princes . The sonnet is compared not only to the lasting life of stone , but also to an enduring (durable) image of the deceased (recently dead person) . The poet asserts that his potrait of the young man , written in verse on fragile (easily broken or damaged) paper , will outlive even the marble memorials of princes , which will become neglected , “unswept tone” with the passage of time . In this sonnet , shakespeare gives time a character .

In ‘ozymandias’ , shelly says that how with the passage of time the works of a mighty king , the colossal structures have decayed and are now nothing more than ruins . Here also , he brings out the futility of materealistic (money oriented) objects .