The common theme of TIME in Coy Mistress and Ozymandias

To His Coy Mistress, a poem that expresses the importance of seizing the day when it comes to expressing love, and Ozymandias, a hopeless ode to the drastic changes that occur through time, both address the harsh effects that people face through the passing of time. Although the two poems seem to be drastically different because of the lengths of the poems as well as diction, the two poems both express the necessity of praising time. Therefore, while To His Coy Mistress and Ozymandias are two completely different poems and appear to have nothing to do with one another - as one focuses on snatching time while it is available and the other emphasizes the way a huge empire can crumble to pieces throughout time - in actuality, the two poems are very similar and express similarities through the strong tone changes in structures of the poems as well as the everlasting theme of time.