“And as the smart ship grew In stature, grace, and hue, In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too,” (Hardy 779). The convergence of twain is a difficult poem to understand unless you understand it is about the titanic. This also is surprising that it was written so soon after the titanic sank. I would find it hard to believe it would have the same meaning it did then as it does now. Now it is like a legendary story and figure in history. Then it was more like a major catastrophe and was fresh in people’s minds. This line shows how destiny or God lead the titanic to its doom. It shows and inevitability in their meeting. It also shows how they both were being created at the same time. On is made by man and the other by fate to meet it in the ocean.
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