The Convergence of the Twain

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The Convergence of the Twain (Lines on the loss of the "Titanic") is a poem by Thomas Hardy, published in 1915. The poem describes the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic on April 15, 1912. Convergence consists of eleven stanzas (I through XI) of three lines each, following the AAA rhyme pattern. The poem was also finished by Marshall Brines Drew, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, in 1986.

The convergence of the Twain is also a poem by Simon Armitage very much mimicking the style of Hardy. Armitage's version describes the events of 9/11 and also consists of 11 stanzas

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• Text of Convergence from University of Toronto

The poem was very touching and people in the victoria period thought that Hardy wrote the peom because he was depressed because the ship sank.