Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Crossing the Bar / Alfred Lord Tennyson



His destiny calls this is represented by the sunset and evening star. The stares and phases of the day do not change.  This is commonly used as a simple for inevitability. The term star-crossed lovers come to mind as well. The speaker seems to know he will die at see.  He asked the bar or the barrier between life and death to not worry when he sets out to see. I think this supports my opinion that e knows he is going to die.  “I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar,” (Tennyson 886). This phrase shows another example of the bar representing death.  The Pilot I think is God who is waiting for him after death. The bar could represent the angle of death.  This could mean that he is trying to comfort the angel in a way by trying to say he is not running from death.

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