Ozymandias V. ponder

The two poems obviously are using time as a reference to life. They each have a different message about time though. Ozymandias uses the idea that time eventually turns all memories to dust. It tells the reader that with time comes loss of what happened in the past. Ponder has much cruder interpretation. It simply points out that time is running out for those who have it, so it is time to get to "sideways business." It doesn't really go into the deeper meanings of time like Ozymandias does, instead just points out that time is running out.