A convergence of the Twain

I am mixed minds about this poem as it believe that some of the stanza's dont blend in with the feel of the poem. I think that Thomas Hardy didn't at all pity the people of the Titanic as he is saying in irony how foolish they were to be destroyed by an Iceberg. I think also he is tryibng to create quite a violent and creepy image for the audinece reading in stanza 8, i think this becasue he desrcibe how the ship is growing out into the wide open sea and how the she is growing is grace staue and hue, but then he goes onto describe the iceberg which is getting closer and closer, its as if its like a pantomine and he wants to shout "he's behind you".

I think this poem starts at the end, it allows Thomas Hardy to create an image of the Ship on the bottom of the sea. He then includes the sea-worm, which is so small and insignificant to be quite happily crawls over something to great and powerful.

Throughout the poem he uses very descriptive words, he manages to change the appearance of something and manages to change our take on it. in Stanza 4 he is describing The jewelry of the woman adn men on the ship lying lifeless at the bottom of the sea, he changes the fact that jewelry which is supposed to sit on a lady's neck and look out on people and sparkle to be changed to a blury and blind of it sparkle which it was made for.

Throughout the poem Thomas Hardy does use sexual references and i think this allows him at the end to say "the consummation comes", its the end of something so great and something definatly unexpected. As quite a Romantic poet i think this is very different to what he normally goes for, but considering the creepyness of the poem it is quite romantic using the sexual references.