The 'Ship of Dreams'

In the poem "Convergence of the Twain" by Thomas Hardy, the entire poem is clearly an allusion to the Titanic and its horrible fate. Even without the phrase in parentheses stating "lines on the loss' of the Titanic," the poem is obviously about a shipwreck. The supporting details that perfectly line up with the facts of the Titanic wreck only aid in clearing up the little confusion the reader may have.  The reader's first thought in reading this poem is the disaster that was the Titanic, for it is undoubtedly the most famous ship to hit an iceberg. Each stanza is a clear allusion to a certain aspect of the actual ship or the iceberg. For instance, stanza nine combines both the Titanic and the iceberg. By this point of the poem, the reader is positive that the author is alluding to the Titanic, and by the last line of the poem, he or she can no longer have any doubt. The details and imagery that Hardy lends to his work only add to the fact that this poem is a well-developed allusion.