Ozymandias and Ponder

Ozymandias and Ponder use time as a means of devastation: “ My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my work, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains.” The once powerful and influential kingdom no longer thrives, withered by time. His imperative sentence connotes that the king was proud of his hegemony, but now, however, the kingdom is reduced to nothing, no immortality or legend as expected. In fact, the name Ozymandias accurately implies the short-lived grandeur. His name seems long, important, and strong willed, however, Greek etymology reveals that it actually means “Ruler of the Air”. By metonymy, I wasn’t sure how to decide it’s actual meaning, but I understand that the Ruler of Air could refer to the Ruler of Nothing or the Natural Ruler. After all, nature proves to be immortal with the stature fading, but the sands “that stretch far away”. Ozymandias leaves the reader feeling dejected, anxious about age, and dubious of “power”, whereas Ponder mocks the concept of time and immortality alluding to other poems in a silly manner.