The Convergence Of The Twain By Thomas Hardy

For my poem essay, I choose the Thomas Hardy’s poem, The Convergence of the Twain. I choose this poem because the writing of the poem instantly hit me. The imagery, metaphors, personification, and etc. gave the poem “life” for me. This poem is about the Titanic, a ship that was sunk when it struck an iceberg, and how the iceberg was formulated for the inevitable meeting between the ship and itself. Throughout the poem, the Titanic is personified. Thomas Hardy uses women pronouns like “she” and “her” to describe the ship. These descriptions provides the poem imagery. When reading the poem, you can vividly see the picture that Thomas Hardy was trying to convey.
For example: In a solitude of the sea
Deep from human vanity,
And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she. …show more content…
From there on, pronouns are no longer provided, but they are implied by the descriptions Thomas Hardy laid out. What made me fall absolutely in love with the story, was how Thomas Hardy conveyed the iceberg sinking the ship. I think using fate to describe the collision was brilliant.
The lines:
Well: while was fashioning
This creature of cleaving wing,
The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything
These lines set up the metaphor especially the last one. The usages of Immanent Will allows Thomas Hardy to begin to illustrate to us a portrayal of the iceberg that we have never considered when discussing the collusion.
The next lines::
Prepared a sinister mate
For her-so gaily great
A Shape of Ice, for the time far and dissociate
And as the smart ship