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This poem consists of 11 lines
and is a AAA rhyme scheme
This poem sympolizes two things
strength and concern. This
shows strength by, how strong the ship was
and how it was an unsinkable ship.
Concern was not a factor until the ship struck
an iceberg, after this the ships stability was
major concern
Tone- The tone of this poem
is one of sorrow. This represents
sorrow by the many deaths on the
night of the disaster, April 15, 1912.
This is shown in stanzas one and two
in this poem.
In stanza one it shows how the captain recieved messages from other ships about icebergs that were ahead. He was still under the impression that the ship was unsinkable.
Stanza two symbolizes the level of
life and death and it shows how impressive
the Titanic was back then and how it is now.
Stanza three talks about a mirror and it portrays the
wealth of the upper classman of the ship but now it shows
the dumb and indifferent world of the sea-worm
Stanza four shows that the jewels and importance of the ship can no longer be appreciated due to the wreck.
Stanza five asks a question. What is the
vaingloriousness down here? Vangloriousness
is the vain display of the ship on the bottom of
the ocean
Stanza six answers the question from stanza
five by destiny taking its place in the fate of
the unsinkable ship.
Stanza seven states that the two are destined to meet,
although they are still of great distance from each other
and within time they will meet for their final dance.
Stanza eight states that it is almost time to “rumble” and let fate take its course.
Stanza nine states that no one could foresee them meeting one another thus the sinking of the ship. It was a surprise to many of the passengers that the ship was sinking and not everyone on the ship would survive.
Stanza ten states that there was no sign that showed the paths of the iceberg and the Titanic would “converge” with each other, thus the name of the poem.
Stanza eleven states that when fate yelled “Now!” that was when the two met. That was the jarring of the two hemispheres.
Point of View-This poem is told in
third person point of view because
Hardy was not actually on the Titanic
but expressed how he felt.
Theme-all the extravagance of human creation,
symbolized by the Titanic, is no match for the
spirit of nature
Pathos-This poem is told in
a sad manner and he is expressing
his feelings towards the sinking of the
Titanic.
Olfactory imagry-Steel chambers, late the pyres
Of her salamandrine fires, Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres. This is an example of
olfactory imagry because when Thomas Hardy uses
the words salamandrine fires you can almost smell that
burning smell in the back of your nose.
Tactile imagry-Over the mirrors meant
To glass the opulent The sea-worm crawls -- grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent. You can just imagine the ship
in the dark water the slimey moss covering the ship, and
the wetness of the ship.
Imagry- Steel chambers, late the pyres
Of her salamandrine fires,
Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres.
Irony-The large unsinkable ship cannot be phased
by a little iceberg. This is ironic because that iceberg
ended up being the factor for the destruction of the
Titanic.
I
In a solitude of the sea
Deep from human vanity,
And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she.
II
Steel chambers, late the pyres
Of her salamandrine fires,
Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres.
III
Over the mirrors meant
To glass the opulent
The sea-worm crawls -- grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent.
IV
Jewels in joy designed
To ravish the sensuous mind
Lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and black and blind.
V
Dim moon-eyed fishes near
Gaze at the gilded gear
And query: 'What does this vaingloriousness down here?'...
VI
Well: while was fashioning
This creature of cleaving wing,
The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything
VII
Prepared a sinister mate
For her -- so gaily great --
A Shape of Ice, for the time far and dissociate.
VIII
And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too.
IX
Alien they seemed to be:
No mortal eye could see
The intimate welding of their later history,
X
Or sign that they were bent
By paths coincident
On being anon twin halves of one august event,
XI
Till the Spinner of the Years
Said 'Now!' And each one hears,
And consummation comes, and jars two hemispheres.