Question

What does the poet mean by the "sand of times"

Answer 1

$<p style="color:chartreuse;font-family:cursive;background :black;font-size:25px;">$Footsteps on the sand of times" is a common expression referring to the passage of time. In the second stanza a similar image appears. ... In the second stanza the poet personifies the sea and the waves- that is he gives the sea and the waves attributes of a human being.

Answer 2

sands of time is an English idiom relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass.

The hourglass is an antiquated timing instrument consisting of two glass chambers connected vertically by a narrow passage which allows sand to trickle from the upper part to the lower by means of gravity. The amount of sand determines the amount of time that passes as the chamber is emptied. The image of the sand being emptied in the hourglass creates a visual metaphor for the limited duration of human life, and for the inevitability of change in the world as a whole.

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