The sandbar is used by the poet as a metaphor to represent the line between life and death. The sandbar must be crossed in order to reach the afterlife. The speaker points out the everyone should cross the sandbar calmly and accept death as a natural phenomenon. Read summary of Crossing the Bar
The sandbar is used by the poet as a metaphor to represent the line between life and death. The sandbar must be crossed in order to reach the afterlife. The speaker points out the everyone should cross the sandbar calmly and accept death as a natural phenomenon.
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A pilot charters the plane and takes control of the passenger’s lives and guides them safely. By symbolizing God as the pilot of the poem, the poet wants to say that one should keep their faith on God as He will guide the destiny of all human beings. God will protect and look after other through hisRead more
A pilot charters the plane and takes control of the passenger’s lives and guides them safely. By symbolizing God as the pilot of the poem, the poet wants to say that one should keep their faith on God as He will guide the destiny of all human beings. God will protect and look after other through his “Divine Presence.”
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