14 апр 1912 г. - "The Convergence of the Twain" by Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy wrote “The Convergence of the Twain” specifically about the Titanic for a charity concert put on to raise disaster relief funds. In the poem, Hardy focuses on the physical elements lost in the disaster—the infamous iceberg, the ship itself, the jewels on board, the magnificent furnishings, etc—rather than those who lost their lives. By focusing on the material losses, Hardy emphasizes the vanity of man and his materialism, as well as the futility of materialism, as those grand possessions taken aboard the Titanic now rest on the ocean floor. There is no real sense of tragedy or disaster, only the feeling of waste. This mood of the poem is directly critical not just of materialism or man’s vanity, but of the man who values materialism. Coming out of the Victorian era, Hardy was critical of the upper class and concerned for the rural people of Britain and their declining status. While the poem does not mention the lives that were lost, it takes a jab at the upper class. Class relations is still a major theme in English literature and the Titanic disaster is still remember to this day, and so this poem is still very relevant.
In 2012, James Burton played his composition of the same name to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking. Also, Simon Armitage wrote a poem of the same name and same style about the events of 9/11.

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