Standards set
The ship's flags and banners are fully raised, signaling pride, readiness, and the beginning of a voyage.
Brave apparel
Refers to the ship's rigging and deck equipment; a metaphor for strength and showmanship.
Martial build
Describes a ship constructed for war; symbolizes human ambition and aggression.
Foundering wreck
A ship sinking as it takes on water; the ultimate image of human fragility against nature.
Berg
Short for iceberg; a massive, drifting sculpture of ice.
Stolid
Unemotional, impassive; the iceberg's defining temperament.
Spurs of ridges
Jagged, pale ridges of ice outlining the berg's surface.
Lace of traceries fine
Intricate, delicate ice patterns that contrast its destructive strength.
Grot
A hidden cavern or hollow within the ice.
Needle-ice
Thin, brittle ice spikes formed by extreme cold.
Madness mere
Pure insanity; the ship's suicidal decision to steer into destruction.
Dense stolidity
Embodies the iceberg's core nature: silent, immovable, and untouched by human chaos.
Lumpish... lumbering lubbard
A clumsy, heavy, and foolish mass; gives the iceberg an almost brutish character.
Impingers
Those who strike or collide; evokes the ship's doomed impact.
Precipice
A sheer cliff of ice, representing danger and finality.
