Comparing ideas of temporality in 'England in 1819' and 'A Century Later'

Shelley foregrounds the difference between the past and the present in ‘England in 1819’. Dharker suggests that the past impacts the present in ‘A century later’. Shelley may draw our attention to one moment in time to imply the cyclical nature of oppression can be broken. Arguably, Dharker refers to the past to imply that we are caught in a a recurring cycle of violence. both poems advocate for the importance of considering the temporal context of a poem in order to understand its meaning.