Thomas Hardy discusses about the cause of the disaster, the collision of the ship and the iceberg. The pairing of human technology and nature can be seen quite clearly in the poem with all the new technologies of humans set against the bigger force of nature. Poet is his first stanza tells that while the titanic was being built, nature too prepared against it. Creating a sense of menace in the lines ‘shadowy silent distance grew the iceberg too’.

The unspoken force was predestined and unavoidable event premeditated by some hidden uncontrollable force. Though they both are opposite to one another they grew simultaneously they are coming closer to join, but no one could predict the future happenings.

Both the Titanic and the iceberg grew without anyone ever knowing that they were signs of being purposefully created by the creator they are coming close by the paths in coincidence. They were being the two halves of the tragedy of one adjust event craving great importance and especially of highest social class who is unsympathetic to nature In the last stanza, fate is personified ‘spinner of the years’ which suggests that some force planned this purposefully, the fate decides ‘Now’ which is the time for collision, nothing can change it.

“Consummation comes, and joins two hemispheres” gives the idea that human pride was shattered when the ship sank. The two hemispheres refer to either side of the world, the word ‘Jars’ could be the news filtering through and the families being devastated and also human pride being jarred because of those proud to see the ship leave and those waiting for it to arrive anxiously. Unfortunately, fate takes its own decision which is different from people’s expectation.