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Apr 3, 2014 · Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, was the celebrated author of several novels, including two major classics of American literature: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of ...
The Convergence of the Twain. And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she. Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres. The sea-worm crawls — grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent. Lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and black and blind.
The Full Text of “The Convergence of the Twain”. 1 In a solitude of the sea. 2 Deep from human vanity, 3 And the Pride of Life that planned her, stilly couches she. 4 Steel chambers, late the pyres. 5 Of her salamandrine fires, 6 Cold currents thrid, and turn to rhythmic tidal lyres. 7 Over the mirrors meant.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
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- American Realism
- from 1863
Analysis of Poetic Devices Used in “The Convergence of the Twain”. Poetic and literary devices are the same, but a few are used only in poetry. Here is the analysis of some of the poetic devices used in this poem. End Rhyme: End Rhyme is used to make the stanza melodious. For example, “bent/event”, “years/hears”, “mate/great ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Mark Twain (born November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, U.S.—died April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut) was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his travel narratives, especially The Innocents Abroad (1869), Roughing It (1872), and Life on the Mississippi (1883), and for his adventure stories of boyhood, especially The Adventures of Tom ...
The Poem. After the “unsinkable” steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage from London to New York in 1912, Thomas Hardy wrote “The Convergence of the Twain” to be ...
