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Scholars have noted that the form of the poem follows the content: the wavelike quality of the long-then-short lines parallels the narrative thread of the poem. The extended metaphor of "crossing the bar" represents travelling serenely and securely from life into death. The Pilot is a metaphor for God, whom the speaker hopes to meet face to face.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Hymn "Crossing the bar" (Tennyson), p. 1903 ... Symphonic Poem in 2 connected movements (first called "From ...
In the mid-19th-century, the phrase "the harbor bar be moaning" in the poem and lyric "Three Fishers" connected working-class suffering to the noises. Later in that century, Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote " Crossing the Bar ", coupling "May there be no moaning of the bar" with images of life's end, and then designated it as essentially his own requiem.
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Some young Americans had a tough time finding a job last year. Companies were slow to hire in 2024 as workers quit their jobs less frequently, according to government data — a far cry from the ...
Heng Siok Tian (born 1963) is a Singaporean poet and educator. [1] She has published five volumes of poetry: Crossing the Chopsticks and Other Poems (1993), [2] My City, My Canvas (1999), [3] Contouring (2004), [4] Is My Body a Myth (2011) [5] and Mixing Tongues (2011).
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