in the path that will lead him toward his future, the iceberg is now able to see himself as "a soaring miracle". This also alludes to a person discovering who he they are and what his purpose in life is because for a brief moment the iceberg sees himself as the greatest miracle.Slowly as the iceberg's journey and life continues forth it comes to realize its own mortality. The iceberg faces death and is able to realize that all in life must eventually end, this is seen in the line where the iceberg says that he has "a casual expectancy of death". Like a person he begins to become aware of what lies ahead in his life and the journey that has brought him so much understanding must end. In the last stanzas of the poem one can see that age and therefore death are fast approaching. Waves crash over the iceberg rather than against him, this image can allude to the elderly in that they are often overlooked. At most times it is the most wise person that will be overlooked....
