The Convergence of the Twain by Wendy Nield https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence en-us 2017-07-11 13:43:43 UTC 2023-03-25 03:23:14 UTC hello@padlet.com nieldw https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178483194 2017-07-11 13:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178483194 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953255 The stanzas of the poem

]]> 2017-07-18 12:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953255 Jessie. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953295 Yes we think the shape of the poem on the page does add to the meaning. We think this because the poem reflects the shape and as soon as we see the poem we could make a guess/impression of what we think the poem may be going to be about. For example, if the graphology of the poem is the shape of a swan, the poem is probably going to be about a swan.]]> 2017-07-18 12:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953295 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953306 The graphology of the poem adds to the meaning of the poem because the reader can see exactly what the poet means as well as reading about the disaster. It adds meaning by showing the ship sinking, adding a negative overtone to the already negative poem. ]]> 2017-07-18 12:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953306 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953329 The Graphology of the poem is shaped in each verse as a ship that is laid along the surface of the ocean. The Graphology of the poem represents he meaning and context of the disaster that took place. ]]> 2017-07-18 12:26:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953329 The stanzas are shaped like a ship which adds to the meaning of the poem; the titanic. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953344 2017-07-18 12:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953344 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953364 The stanzas of the poems all have the graphology of a big ship or boat that is lying low in the water. This adds to the meaning of the poem as it reflects the shape of the titanic and is unique to this poem only.]]> 2017-07-18 12:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953364 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953452 The poem by Thomas Hardy includes a range of language devices throughout the poem. Alliteration is used in stanza 4 with the lines of "Lie Lightless" and "Bleared, Black and Blind". Personification is also used in stanza 8, the description of the "shadowy silence distance grew the iceberg" is personified due to silence not being able to grow an iceberg however it can also be seen as a metaphor. ]]> 2017-07-18 12:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953452 Our favourite stanza is first due to use of the combination 'stilly couches' implying that its sat there doing nothing and its not being but to its use. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953612 Ryan & Keane ]]> 2017-07-18 12:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953612 Alliteration https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953623 In the fourth stanza of the poem, the poet describes the way in which the once sparkly jewels have become "bleared and black and blind." The use of the alliteration includes the harsh "bl" sound, adding to the negative semantic field which has already been demonstrated throughout the rest of the poem. This is also written in the format of an asyndetic list which makes the negative adjectives all equally as negative.]]> 2017-07-18 12:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953623 Annie and Jessie. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953647 Our favourite stanza is stanza one because it has a meaning. ]]> 2017-07-18 12:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953647 I like stanza 1 because he's taken a touchy irrelevant topic and hidden it between the first stanza. "Deep from human vanity" suggests that life on land is worthless compared to the broken boat under the sea. This is the opposite of what you would expect. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953773 2017-07-18 12:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953773 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953862 Our chosen stanza is stanza 9 because the language used is fantasied and its unique in its own way. The phrase "Alien they seemed to be" implies that the sea creatures are "alien " like to the human under the sea. Also the thought of a titanium being able to sink is "alien" like. The line "no mortal eye could see" is suggesting that even the humans can't see what lies under the ocean. Also it may suggest that "no mortal eye" could see the disaster that was about to take place. ]]> 2017-07-18 12:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178953862 Stanza 8 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954088 We like the eighth stanza because it tells you how the ship grew and adds an eeriness to the poem because the iceberg was growing and coming to be at the same time.]]> 2017-07-18 12:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954088 my favourite verse is verse 4 because it describes jewels that was once shiny and beautiful but are now bleared and black as they are at the bottom of the oceans. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954134 2017-07-18 12:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954134 ill be very very sad as they talk mostly about the ship and not so much about the people who died. :-0 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954178 2017-07-18 12:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954178 We would have a negative view towards this poem due to the poet glorifying the tragedy. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954245 2017-07-18 12:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954245 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954296 If we were relatives of the victims, we would feel that the poem was a realistic interpretation of the disaster, but it would be hard to read because of the loss of a family member being so recent.]]> 2017-07-18 12:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954296 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954325 This concrete poem would affect the phycology side of the brain but it may suggest that while they drowned they saw all of the "sea-worms" and the "jewels in joy" floating through the ocean of the passengers.]]> 2017-07-18 12:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178954325 it links to the theme of the poem therefore adding meaning. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958357 2017-07-18 13:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958357 It looks like a ship and it shows and symbolises the consistency of the boat sailing. Most of it is already sinking because it is already under the water. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958370 2017-07-18 13:36:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958370 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958387 All of the stanzas image ships sailing on water which reflects the main idea of the poem,  the Titanic. I think graphology is a good way of formatting a poem as it clearly represents the main idea without having to know any information.]]> 2017-07-18 13:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958387 Tom and Harry https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958457 It is ironic that the boat is sat on top of the water when in fact the Titanic sunk and the poem is about the boat being at the bottom of the sea. ]]> 2017-07-18 13:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958457 There is irony in the graphology of the poem as the boat appears to be sitting above the water https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958497 2017-07-18 13:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958497 Personification of "stilly couches she" which means she is laying. It compares the boat to a woman gracefully swimming through the water before she dies. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958540 2017-07-18 13:39:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958540 An air of antithesis running throughout the poem almost mocking the upper classes and capitalist agenda. -Tom and Harry https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958584 2017-07-18 13:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958584 In verse 4 there is alliteration of "bleared, black and blind" the effect is bad. The BLEAAAH sound is ew and cant be happy. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958585 2017-07-18 13:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958585 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958709
The poem uses the alliteration sound of "bl" throughout which creates the impression of throwing up. Creating a very negative mood. ]]> 2017-07-18 13:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958709 Will likes the 6th verse because it has his name in it. "The Immanent WILL" https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958745 2017-07-18 13:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958745 bleared, black and blind - 'bl' sound makes it sound negative and worthless which contrasts with the jewellery which is meant to be beautiful. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958792 2017-07-18 13:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958792 wagwan piff ting what's your BBM pin https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958815 2017-07-18 13:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958815 IT wasn't me sailing it so its not my fault. Don't care. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958834 Shouldn't have gone into it.]]> 2017-07-18 13:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958834 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958884 Feelings of anger, as the poem does not refer to the people who died and instead refers to the boat as a human thing, Sadness due to being reminded of the event. ]]> 2017-07-18 13:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958884 Harry and Tom https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958898 Verse V]]> 2017-07-18 13:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958898 My favourite verse is verse number 3 because the a syndetic words draw attention to themselves. It is adjective heavy and it describes the sea worms. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958988 2017-07-18 13:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178958988 https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178959008 I like stanza 5 because it talks about the beauty and life of the jewellery being destroyed at the bottom of the sea. Like what had happened to the people of the ship. it also explains what happens to the jewellery, about them being bleared and blind. this illiteration gives us the idea of a corpse rotting in the water. ]]> 2017-07-18 13:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178959008 How the poem looks on the page symbolises that the ship is sinking as there is a single line at the bottom of each stanza that is longer than the others. Also there is not much writing above the longer line that represents the water. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178959016 2017-07-18 13:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178959016 We think that it would effect the phsycological side of us and also make us feel confused as the writer chooses to bring a realistic interpretation of the tragedy into the poem yet also chooses to personify the true inner beauty and glory of the tragedy's hidden treasures when talking about the jewels in joy making us feel more secure. https://padlet.com/nieldw/Convergence/wish/178959138 MADDI & JENNA


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