“Crossing the Bar” Analyzation This poem “Crossing the Bar” is written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It involves numerous amounts of metaphors throughout the entire poem. It is abut death, but the author tells death as a story of himself setting out to sea. (The journey to the unknown). The setting of this poem is obviously the sea. Tennyson is on a boat going on a journey to death. The title is also a metaphor. In …showed first 75 words of 383 total…

…showed last 75 words of 383 total…goes in and out. If there is a big tide, its a dramatic event in life. If it is a tiny wave then it’s the little things in life. This poem was very interesting. It makes the reader to think of death as a way of going home. The way Tennyson uses the words are very soothing . It contained an interesting metaphor within a metaphor feel. Tennyson definitely can persuade people with this poem.