![]() ![]() ![]() The contact between them is described as an ‘intimate welding’ which has connotations of a loving, inseparable relationship. Both the ship and the Iceberg are constructed by their makers and prepared for their imminent ‘consummation’ – a word with connotations of a marriage – and forced together. The clash of the Titanic and the Iceberg is portrayed as an arranged marriage. As the internal rhyme refers to the iceberg the rhyming also shows that Fate’s building of the Iceberg was of a similar, structured method and thus was the work of an organised, sentient being. The internal rhyming in the eighth stanza of ‘grew’ and ‘too’ makes the rhythm repetitive and makes the reader picture the different stages of the construction of the Titanic being completed section by section. In the sixth stanza Hardy mentions the ‘Immanent Will’ that ‘urges everything’ and how the meeting of the Titanic and the Iceberg was planned out by the ‘Spinner of the Years.’ The ‘Immanent Will’ prepares a ‘mate’ for the Titanic and makes is grow at the same rate as the ship. One of the main themes is the Fate that seems to be involved. It is referred to twice with different names: the ‘Imminent Will’ and the ‘Spinner of the Years’. The poem puts great emphasis on the role that Fate had to play in the sinking of the Titanic. The main themes include the huge power that Nature still has over even the most powerful humans (as it managed to sink the ‘unsinkable’ ship) and how the disaster rendered all the riches of the ship null. Hardy was commissioned to write a poem to be read aloud at a charity concert in aid of the charity disaster fund of the Titanic. Send us feedback about these examples.“The Convergence of the Twain” was published in 1915. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'iceberg.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, See More ![]() Natalie Compton, Washington Post, 20 June 2023 A number of homes were damaged by water or by large icebergs crashing into the buildings. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2023 The wreckage of the Titanic, a ship that was touted as unsinkable before hitting an iceberg and sinking in April 1912, lies on the ocean floor under 12,500 feet of water, roughly 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023 Even though the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, researchers didn't discover its wreckage until 1985. Jenna Russell, New York Times, 20 June 2023 But the vessel, then the largest in the world, hit an iceberg and sank in the early hours of April 15, killing more than 1,500 people. Mark Inabinett | al, 20 June 2023 The Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg, killing 1,500 passengers, has drawn intense interest since its wreckage was discovered in 1985, and since the blockbuster 1997 film about it imbued the tragedy with a new aura of romance. ![]() Ben Finley and Holly Ramer, ajc, 20 June 2023 The largest ocean liner in use at the time, the RMS Titantic struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from England to New York City on April 14, 1912. Brian MacQuarrie,, 21 June 2023 The expedition was OceanGate’s third annual voyage to chronicle the deterioration of Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank in 1912, killing all but about 700 of the roughly 2,200 passengers and crew. Recent Examples on the Web The deteriorating wreck of the RMS Titanic lies in pitch-black darkness more than 2 miles below the surface of the remote North Atlantic, the casualty of a collision with an iceberg - and, some say, of human hubris - that sunk the largest passenger ship of its time and claimed 1,496 lives in 1912. ![]()
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