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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.
"Locksley Hall" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson in 1835 and published in his 1842 collection of Poems. It narrates the emotions of a rejected suitor upon coming to his childhood home, an apparently fictional Locksley Hall, though in fact Tennyson was a guest of the Arundel family in their stately home named Loxley Hall, in Staffordshire, where he spent much of his time writing whilst on ...
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Hymn "Crossing the bar" (Tennyson), p. 1903 Hymn-tune "Through the night of doubt and sorrow", p. 1904 Motet "Beyond these voices there is peace" for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra, c. 1908, p. 1908
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 21, 2024.
Trio the Buffalos won Season 12 of "The Masker Singer" marking the first win from a group in the show's nearly six year run.
How To Make My 3-Ingredient Smoked Salmon Dip. For 2 1/2 cups, or 6 to 8 servings, you’ll need: 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 4 to 6 ounces hot smoked salmon, flaked
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 ...