The possibility of becoming truly eternalized has sparked an enduring debate among poets. A.E. Housman and Percey Bysshe Shelley’s stance on the conception of time demonstrates the polarization of this debate: Housman believes that memories can withstand the withering effects of time, while Shelley believes that time crumbles everything in its path. Both poets attempt to validate their own theory by examining the relationship between a significant person and time. In Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying Young,” a young star athlete’s life is ended abruptly; however, using gentle and comforting language, he affirms that the athletes memory will far outlive his own tragically ended life. In “Ozymandias,” Shelley uses bombastic language compounded with a mocking tone to demonstrate that even the king of kings’ works could not escape the deterioration of time.
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