Legend -- Hart Crane

The first two lines in this poem seem to me to be talking about memories. "As silent as a mirror is believed / Realities plunge in silence by..." A mirror reflects images, so the image is real, but is not really there, since it is a reflection. In the same way, memories are real but are really just reflections of times past. Crane spends a lot of time talking about the past, reflecting on previous events and memories, much like Eliot. Although Crane does not rely on other people's literature to get him noticed, as Eliot does. He makes his own "legend" if you will.