Poems (compare and contrast)

There are many events in life which stimulate many different opinions In paintings by Picasso , one may see beauty while another sees a squiggle of lines . Two people watch a movie and one is moved to tears while the other is bored stiff or even laughs . People are often moved in contrary ways by similar experiences . This would explain the tremendous difference in theme of two poets about the tragedy of the Titanic . The story of The Titanic is known all over the world and there has been made many films , written numerous

stories and poem about this tragic even Among number of famous poems about sinking of The Titanic ' there are Hardy 's The Convergence of the Twain and Slavitt 's Titanic . These are of the poems creats its own mood . These two offer two opposing views of the same experience

Slavitt 's Titanic ' interprets the sinking of the Titanic not as a tragedy but as a joy . The poet asks the question Who does not love the Titanic ' This is very true . Everybody has heard of its incredible mass and beauty . The Titanic justifies its name , everything about the Titanic has titanic proportions . What a splendid time those people were having on their cruise enjoying every single minute there . Who , if given the opportunity , would partake knowing the catastrophic outcome that awaits David R . Slavitt would . For him to relive the awe of cruising in the largest ship in the world with thousands of other people having the time of their lives would be amazing and impressive . For him to go out in glory and magnificence would be worthwhile . As the poet states after all , We all go : only a few , first class ' And this is true . To think of a better way to go is quite difficult . One minute your living life then shortly and painlessly you go into the after life knowing you spent your last hours on top of the world . It 's special that this poet took such a tragic event and put an optimistic twist into it . We all are used to perceiving this story as a tragedy and before reading this poem anybody hardly considered the flip side of this seemingly tragic event The simple title Titanic ' speaks much about how Slavitt felt about the entire saga . Titanic ' is fitting since he speaks of this event in such large proportions . He wrote his poem in an open form . There is no rhyme or alliteration or assonance . It is as if Slavitt is merely speaking to his audience . He speaks as though he possesses a wisdom from the graves of those who passed . This perspective is in opposition to the view of the Titanic taken by Thomas Hardy

Much unlike Slavitt Thomas Hardy , in his Convergence of the Twain interprets the Titanic tragedy as a vain , somber and sudden event . In many ways the Titanic could be viewed as vain . The fancied up ship and fancied up people all rest at the bottom...