After Raphael

What is the symbolism of the clock in the poem, After Raphael?

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The clock serves as a symbol of the speaker's pain in the poem, After Raphael. The speaker describes the clock as freezing, as if the pain is causing time to come to a standstill. She does not want time to keep ticking because it takes her further from the ones she loves.

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