crossing the bar by Tennyson
1. What words are used by the poet that imply death?
2. What does the speaker hope for?
3. What is the metaphorical meaning of the "sandbar"?
4. What did Tennyson combine in the poem?
5. What does "Sunset and evening star" refer to?
6. What is the main idea of the second stanza?
Answers
Following are the answers of the questions respectively:
1. The poet uses the metaphor of sand bar that describe the barrier between life and death.
2. The poet hopes to see the pilot face to face.
3. The metaphoric meaning of sandbar describes the barrier between life and death.
4. The poet collected in the poem; attitude towards death.
5. It refers to the hopes that the ocean will not make the desolate sound of waves defeat against a sand bar when he sets out to sea.
6. In second stanza the poet wishes for a tide that is so full that it cannot hold sound or foam and therefore seems asleep when all that has been supported from the boundless depths of the ocean returns back out to the depths
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Crossing the Bar by Alfred "Lord" Tennyson.
Explanation:
1. The words used by the poet Tennyson that imply death are "put out to sea", "asleep", "embark" etc.
2. The speaker hoped "to see my Pilot face to face".
3. The metaphorical meaning of the "sandbar" is the transitional place between the living and dying, the boundary pr threshold for the change.
4. Tennyson combined the theme of dying with that of one sailing to the seas.
5. "Sunset and evening star" refers to the end of his own life and his dying. He used these words to imply the sound/ voice that is a sort of calling for him. He hopes that the ocean waves will not make a mournful sound when he crosses the bar.
6. The main idea of the second stanza is that he hopes the tide is so full when he crosses that it cannot contain any sound or foam and may seem asleep.
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