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"The Convergence of Twain" and "Ozymandias" are two poems which consist of parallel tones with differing illustrations. The authors use irony to describe the vast pride expressed in both poems. Percy Shelley demonstrates excessive pride with using a King who desired to become immortal in "Ozymandias"; Thomas Hardy describes that same pride with the common people who thought of the Titanic as indestructible. Shelley makes a mockery of the King and has shown little sympathy in his poem. Thomas Hardy seems more sympathetic towards the pride of others.
King Ozymandias' pride and ego personified in the statue was reduced to nothing but particles of sand, further ridiculing his success and the kingdom he had built. The traveler introduced in the first line tells the foreigners of the monument which does not heighten the king's accomplishments, but instead he communicates the irony of the words inscribed on the statue represent the creation of a respectful structure to sheer mockery. The......

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