Yes that could be a survival reference
4. In 1854, Cyrus West Field conceived the idea of the telegraph cable and secured a charter to lay a well-insulated line across the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. Obtaining the aid of British and American naval ships, he made four unsuccessful attempts, beginning in 1857.
D) Couplet is the structural element of the poem that contains the following two lines:
If this be error and upon me proved,
<span>I never writ, nor no man ever loved. </span>
c. the practice of bringing gifts to a birthday party