# 11
The "dim moon-eyed fish" are a metaphor for ignorant people. These fish swim by without taking notice to the ship, kind of like attention not being paid to some key points of the ship when it was being built (for instance, putting enough life boats aboard). These fish represent the ignorant people who built the ship, focusing on the grandiose and less on the safety of its passengers. The builders and engineers didn't prepare for the disaster which unfolded.
The "mirrors" are meant to be blocked from looking in as the sea-worm crawls over them. The mirrors are blurred just as the builders vision was blurred in seeing hazards.
I also like the lines that went "The Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything Prepared a sinister mate For her- so gaily- great" because the ice burg which ultimately destroyed the ship was the evil mate of the ship bringing it to its demise.
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