Religion/superstition/supernatural:
- "Pride of Life"-7 deadly sins, Pride will lead to hell, critical tone
- "Immanent Will"-omnipotent, inevitable, fate and destiny
- "Spinner of the Years"-wheel of fortune, personified, supernatural force in control of fate, doesnt explicitly mention God because Hardy had lost faith in the church as an institution
- "no mortal eye could see"-suggesting that a human couldn't have predicted what happened but it had been planned by a greater force
The Convergence of the Twain focuses largely on the corruption of humanity and the destruction it causes to nature and to itself. Hardy adopts a critical tone here, viewing it as another way humanity has polluted the natural world which, being a naturalist, is what Hardy stood for. Growing up in an extremely faith orientated home, Hardy was experiencing some doubt over religion due to the new ideas and ideologies permeating society about whether God really did create the earth. These doubts are illustrated in this poem as he does not explicity mention God however he does suggest there is a supernatural force in control of fate and destiny.
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