rts coming to terms with the possibility of death and the memories of childhood and birth. The poem starts with the birth of the iceberg as it is "spawned" from something larger. This alludes to us as human beings being spawned from our mothers and the thrusting forth to something new and undiscovered. Much like the iceberg we travel through life seeing the world around us. Although there may be beauty in sight we tend to put blinders on and focus only on what lies ahead rather than live in the present. In the fifth stanza the iceberg begins to describe its long journey and the sights and sounds that it experiences. The iceberg describes everything with virgin eyes, much like a child who looks at the world in wonder as it discovers all that surrounds him.. In turn this fifth stanza is the iceberg's description of the journey of life that for it has just begun. It goes on to describe itself as "an Alp alfoat", this image alludes to the magnificent scenery seen in the mountains but it also describes the greatness of the growing iceberg. Mountains are great symbols of strength and tranquility and so the iceberg relates with the mountains. This can be personified by relating it to a child that is ever growing and coming to the realization that adulthood is very near. Although the chaos surrounds the iceberg it describes itself as "Mild featured, innocent eyed and unforeknowing" in line 77. Eventually, the iceberg begins to leave childhood behind and sees the world and water surrounding him differently.An important line in the poem that exemplifies Roberts technique in personifying the iceberg is when the iceberg says " Here, by the deep conflicting currents drawn, I hung, and swung". This is a very critical point in the poem because like a human the iceberg must decide which way to go on his journey or in out case, life. Like life, fate in the form of a strong wind steps in and makes the decision for the iceberg directing it...
