Waters Of Babylon Vs Ozymandias

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Power is only temporary The destruction and deterioration of our civilization can take hundreds of years to replenish. Natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes can destroy what took years to construct in a matter of seconds. Man can create disasters that hinder our growth as a nation. Wars destroy nations as well as lives. In “By the Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet and “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley both authors develop a central theme, thus showing that destruction will desolate our civilization and power isn’t immortal, it is only temporary. In “By the Waters of Babylon” the author warns the readers that war will eventually desolate civilization unless us humans learn to live with one another without resorting

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