"And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too."
(The Convergence of the Twain, VIII)
Obviously, this poem is about The Titanic. It says so after the title. A theme that I believe is present in this poem is the idea that the world built the failure of the ship. That makes no sense, but hear me out! As the ship grew more and more grand, so the iceberg grew. The world's belief that the ship's superior design and granduer made it unsinkable made its sinking all the more likely. I know nothing about the architechture of the ship, but I do know that there weren't NEARLY enough life boats on the Titanic. Why is that? The creators' belief in their work's superiourity. This stanza is an aphorism because as the confidence in the Titanic grew, so did its likelyhood of failure.
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