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Time and Time Again (A.K. Ramanujan)

CBSE · Class 12 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Poet and Poem Profile

  • A.K. Ramanujan is an English-language poet and translator.
  • He is known for pioneering translations of ancient Tamil poetry into modern English.
  • He was a professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago at the time of his death.
2

Central Idea of the Poem

  • The poem uses clocktowers as the central image.
  • The clocktowers stand for a well-managed city where timekeeping is organised but not perfectly uniform.
  • Their slightly different rhythms suggest diversity and separation within society.
3

Important Images and Their Meaning

  • The phrase beating their gongs round the clock creates a continuous sound image.
  • Each slightly off the others' time suggests difference within a shared system.
  • Deeper or lighter in its bronze refers to variations in tone and texture.
4

Themes

  • Communal disharmony is a major theme.
  • Fragility of order is another major theme.
  • Human systems are shown as vulnerable to violence and disruption.

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