What is the central theme of the poem- ‘Time and again’?

CBSE Class 12 English Elective Sample Question Paper Term 2 Question - What is the central theme of the poem- ‘Time and again’?

What is the central theme of the poem- ‘Time and again’?

Ans : poem of the tower clock- neither a Shakespearean tower nor a Hazlittian sundial- neither mechanical nor cosmic time- more about human relationships, making and unmaking in the course of time, tangible human relations, forging alliances, different communities at strife and bonding- it is about communities at peace or strife-narrow mentalities’ clashes -time rejoins them and makes them.