Friday, December 16, 2016

Thomas Hardy's "Lines on the Loss of the Titanic"

Ryan Gosling as Sebastian in the film LA LA Land. I don’t remember when I first read Thomas Hardy’s poem "Convergence of the Twain” but it is a haunting piece whose theme, unexpectedly, offers a comforting way to look at heartache. It has one particular phrase—"and consummation comes, and jars...