what does the sand bar in crossing the bar symbolize?
what does the sand bar in crossing the bar symbolize?
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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.
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