Throughout this poem, the speaker uses an abundance of poetic devices such as alliteration, antithesis, and imagery to support the connection between the Titanic and it’s impending fate. The third and fourth stanzas contrast the prideful images of the Titanic with their current state at the bottom of the ocean. The mirrors that were intended to reflect back the wealthy are now covered with “grotesque, slimed, dumb, (and) indifferent” sea-worms. By employing the poetic device of antithesis, the speaker is able to connect the symbol of wealth to the Titanic’s current downfall. The jewels on board the ship, that were once used to “ravish the sensuous mind”, now “lie lightless, all their sparkles bleared and black and blind”. Through this
