Ozymand His Coy Mistress

One can seize the day in more than one way. What matters is how one expresses this valued moment of life; the motive behind the speaker is the driving force for this sense of seizing the day. Carpe diem for life is short and nothing can stand in the way of time or carpe diem for beauty too goes with age therefore love should be performed while youthful are all different approaches speakers have taken to evoke some sort of urgency to perform actions. However, the divisive factor between the different poems is the use of diction and certain allusions. Ozymandias and To His Coy Mistress urge the audience to seize the day with different incentives all for a specific purpose whether it is to make love or illustrate the levity of life compared to time but their differences of diction make all the difference--the use of bleak vocabulary compared to colorful ones or bringing up dark allusions rather than loveable ones.