The Convergence Of The Twain Poem Analysis

An unsinkable ship destined for glory, the Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10th, 1912. In an attempt to sail to New York the Titanic found a final resting place more than a mile deep in the Atlantic Ocean, after colliding with an iceberg five days after starting its journey. Countless books, movies and television shows have turned the disaster into a legend that even after a century is a household name. In the poems, “Titanic” by David R. Slavitt and “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy, the authors use tone and structure to challenge the romanticized view of the Titanic. In “Titanic” David Slavitt uses a sarcastic tone to criticize the way we have romanticized the sinking of the Titanic. He uses phrases such as, “give
In both “Titanic” and “The Convergence of the Twain” the authors first give descriptions of what most people's thoughts are when they hear the name Titanic. For example in “Titanic” “with crowds of people, friends, servants, well fed, with music, with lights!” (5-6) and in “The convergence of the Twain” “Jewels in joy designed To ravish the sensuous mind” (10-11). By putting these images of beauty in the beginning, once authors contrast the image of beauty with the harsh reality the Titanic met it helps the reader understand what a disaster the sinking of the Titanic was. Although the authors have a similar structure, they each had a different purpose for organizing their poems the way they did.
Slavitt and Hardy have both created poems that effectively establish their purpose for writing by using tone and structure. At first glance, these poems seem similar and could almost share the same theme, but once the poems have been read and thoroughly analyzed, it becomes clear that the tones used by the authors are almost incomparable. On the contrary the authors utilized an almost identical structure in contrast to the fact that they also have a different purpose for