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The poem discusses the relationship between time, human life stages, and love. It notes how the ticking of a clock is like the beating of the human heart, and that people grow from children to adults over time, which acts as a trap. The narrator hides herself in poetry and the outside world but is eventually caught by love's web. The poem advocates finding love through poetry, as love has a liberating power that can drive away terror.










