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  2. ‘The Convergence of the Twain’ by Thomas Hardy is an eleven-section poem that is divided into sets of three lines, or tercets. These sections are portioned off like stanzas and labeled with Roman numerals.

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  3. "The Convergence of the Twain," subtitled, "Lines on the loss of the Titanic," was written by English poet Thomas Hardy for the Titanic Disaster Fund. The Titanic, a luxurious ship believed to be unsinkable, infamously collided with an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, killing over 1,500 people.

  4. The Convergence of the Twain (Lines on the loss of the Titanic)" is a poem by Thomas Hardy, published in 1912. The poem describes the sinking and wreckage of the ocean liner RMS Titanic. "Convergence" is written in tercets and consists of eleven stanzas (I to XI), following the AAA rhyme pattern. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  5. Oct 7, 2021 · “The Convergence of the Twain” comprises eleven three-line stanzas, each being two trimeters followed by a hexameter (i.e. three and six metrical feet respectively), with all the lines...

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  6. The poem is written in eleven three-line stanzas; the three lines of each stanza rhyme. The first two lines of each stanza have six to eight syllables, and the last line of each has twelve...

  7. Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3, Closest metre: iambic trimeter; Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme; Сlosest stanza type: tercets; Guessed form: unknown form

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