The Convergence of the Twain Analysis

As much as we'd love to imagine Hardy's speaker pounding his chest alongside Celine Dion, we'll have to settle for a simple rhymed stanza instead. "The Convergence of the Twain" is neatly orga...

Maybe the speaker is the "Spinner of the Years" that the poem refers to, since he (and we're just assuming it's a he) uses such an omniscient point of view in "The Convergence of the Twain." Those...

The two settings the speaker uses (the sea and the Titanic) are welded into one aquatic world in "The Convergence of the Twain." At first we're just checking out the solitude of the sea and the shi...

Are you sick of alliteration yet? Of course you're not Shmoopers, since it works pretty well in "The Convergence of the Twain." Plus it has a purpose, other than just looking cool in print. In Hard...

No, we're not talking about that Twain. The word "twain" actually means two. And convergence? That's when two things come together into one. Put that together, and you've got yourself—wait for it...

You probably already noticed in "The Convergence of the Twain" that Thomas Hardy was a bit preoccupied with ideas involving opposite universal forces. Some critics called his work a blend of the "d...

You'd think a poem about the sea would be at sea level, but not "The Convergence of the Twain." It gets a slightly tougher rating since the speaker uses some abstract language and symbolism like an...

Did you know Hardy's heart was removed and buried with his closest relatives? Now you do. Feel creeped out like we do? (Source.)Hardy's fatalistic view on life had a lot to do with where he grew up...

"The Convergence of the Twain" doesn't include a sexy sketch of a naked lady or anything, so this version of the Titanic is relatively tame. The speaker is more concerned with abstract stuff like w...