Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.

What does the poet convey through the simile in these lines?

Question

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, 
So do our minutes hasten to their end; 
Each changing place with that which goes before, 
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.

What does the poet convey through the simile in these lines?

e.mccormick · Answer

That is is a question for the English or Writing section.