AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the poem below, then answer the question.
Title: "Secondhand Clock"
The clock stops at 2:17, and I keep it that way
because motion feels like betrayal.
Years earlier, my grandfather wound it each night
as if time were a pet that needed feeding.
Now my apartment listens to the stillness.
Someday, I will replace the battery
and pretend it never died.
How does the poem's ordering (present stillness, past routine, future replacement) contribute to the poem's exploration of time?
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