What is the symbolic significance of the clock, the song sung by the prole woman and the nursery rhyme about the bells of St Clements?

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Firstly, the clock symbolizes the difference between the reader's world and 's world.
This is shown clearly in the first line of the story when the clock strikes
"thirteen." Although we know that this is 13:00, the time in the twenty four-hour
clock, many readers would not be familiar with this method of telling the time as clock faces
only show the numbers one through twelve. The clock, therefore, signals a reminder to the reader
that this world is very different to theirs. It is a world of totalitarian rule.

Secondly, the Prole woman's song and the nursery rhyme are both symbolic of the past,
of the way of life before the Party came to power. For Winston, this was a time of personal
freedom when people could live as they pleased and be with whomever they choose, without fear of
violence.

To Winston, these symbols evoke nostalgia because he is desperate
to return to this way of life. His dream is to create a...