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    The speaker is talking about the tide which drew out from the sea to turn home again in the line “When that which drew from out the boundless deep.” Read summary of Crossing the Bar

    The speaker is talking about the tide which drew out from the sea to turn home again in the line “When that which drew from out the boundless deep.”

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    The poet is not mournful about the fact that he is going to die. He believes death is necessary to cross the boundary between life and death in order to meet the creator. He requests his friends not to cry or grieve when he is dying as death is not exactly an end to the poet. He wishes to leave theRead more

    The poet is not mournful about the fact that he is going to die. He believes death is necessary to cross the boundary between life and death in order to meet the creator. He requests his friends not to cry or grieve when he is dying as death is not exactly an end to the poet. He wishes to leave the mortal life in a calm and peaceful manner and look forward to the afterlife.

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    The “Crossing the Bar” is an allegory, which means an extended metaphor is running throughout the poem. The metaphor of death is implied through various symbols and imageries in the poem. Read summary of Crossing the Bar

    The “Crossing the Bar” is an allegory, which means an extended metaphor is running throughout the poem. The metaphor of death is implied through various symbols and imageries in the poem.

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    The speaker hopes that the ocean will not make a mournful sound when he sets out to cross the bar. The speaker also hopes that his friends will not grieve nor will there be any “sadness of farewell” when he crosses the bar. He wishes for the final journey to be a calm one. Read summary of Crossing tRead more

    The speaker hopes that the ocean will not make a mournful sound when he sets out to cross the bar. The speaker also hopes that his friends will not grieve nor will there be any “sadness of farewell” when he crosses the bar. He wishes for the final journey to be a calm one.

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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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    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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    In the poem, “boundless deep” stands for the sea but metaphorically it means the place one goes after death or one comes from. The original place before humans take birth is the same place one goes back after their death. The poet aims to calmly cross the sandbar to go into the boundless deep of hisRead more

    In the poem, “boundless deep” stands for the sea but metaphorically it means the place one goes after death or one comes from. The original place before humans take birth is the same place one goes back after their death. The poet aims to calmly cross the sandbar to go into the boundless deep of his death.

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    Through the line, “there maybe no moaning of the bar”, the poet means to say that when he is crossing the sandbar and transitioning from life to death, there shouldn’t be any grief or sadness about his passing. He wants to accept death in a calm and composed manner and hopes that all his friends andRead more

    Through the line, “there maybe no moaning of the bar”, the poet means to say that when he is crossing the sandbar and transitioning from life to death, there shouldn’t be any grief or sadness about his passing. He wants to accept death in a calm and composed manner and hopes that all his friends and family will not shed any tears of grief on his death. He wants the final journey to be a quiet one.

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    The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF and GHGH. The rhyming is in alternate lines. Read summary of Crossing the Bar

    The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABAB, CDCD, EFEF and GHGH. The rhyming is in alternate lines.

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    Tennyson, through his poem, exhorts us to accept death calmly by evoking faith in religion and God. He says in order to meet the creator face-to-face one has to cross the boundary between life and death. Death is to be accepted as natural, a part of transition from life to death. He creates the imagRead more

    Tennyson, through his poem, exhorts us to accept death calmly by evoking faith in religion and God. He says in order to meet the creator face-to-face one has to cross the boundary between life and death. Death is to be accepted as natural, a part of transition from life to death. He creates the image of a ship crossing a sandbar into the deeper waters of the ocean and says that death is like this, an unknown territory but one still goes on, having faith in God.

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