CROSSING THE BAR BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON SEAN GASSAWAY 10-26-15.

CROSSING THE BAR BY ALFRED, LORD

TENNYSONSEAN GASSAWAY

10-26-15

Anecdote of the Jar

By Wallace Stevens

I placed a jar in Tennessee,

And round it was, upon a hill.

It made the slovenly wilderness

Surround that hill.

The wilderness rose up to it,

And sprawled around, no longer wild.

The jar was round upon the ground

And tall and of a port in air.

It took dominion everywhere.

The jar was gray and bare.

It did not give of bird or bush,

Like nothing else in Tennessee.

BIOGRAPHY OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON

• As source material for his poetry, Tennyson used a wide range of subject matter ranging from medieval legends to classical myths and from domestic situations to observations of nature.

• The influence of John Keats and other Romantic poets published before and during his childhood is evident from the richness of his imagery and descriptive writing.

• He also handled rhythm masterfully. The insistent beat of Break, Break, Break emphasizes the relentless sadness of the subject matter.

• Tennyson's use of the musical qualities of words to emphasize his rhythms and meanings is sensitive.

• Tennyson was appointed to the position of Poet Laureate He held the position until his own death in 1892, by far the longest tenure of any laureate before or since.

1 Sunset and evening star, 2 And one clear call for me! 3 And may there be no moaning of the bar, 4 When I put out to sea,

5 But such a tide as moving seems asleep, 6 Too full for sound and foam, 7 When that which drew from out the boundless deep 8 Turns again home.

9 Twilight and evening bell, 10 And after that the dark! 11 And may there be no sadness of farewell, 12 When I embark;

13 For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place 14 The flood may bear me far, 15 I hope to see my Pilot face to face 16 When I have crost the bar.

Structure4 stanzas16 lines

Rhyme SchemePattern End rhyme

The author used this to create rhythm and beat through out the poem

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

Speaker of the poem• The speaker seems to

be in the middle of a flood and is trying to help people while he is on a boat.

• The speaker does not want to say buy as he sails away because he wants there to be no sadness

Sunset and evening star, A And one clear call for me! BAnd may there be no moaning of the bar, A When I put out to sea, B

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, C Too full for sound and foam, DWhen that which drew from out the boundless deep C Turns again home. D

Twilight and evening bell, E And after that the dark! FAnd may there be no sadness of farewell, E When I embark; F

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place G The flood may bear me far, HI hope to see my Pilot face to face G When I have crost the bar. H

Rhyme Scheme The poet uses end rhyme to help with the flow of the poem. End rhyme helps the poem keep a steady beat through out the poem.

Imagery

“Sunset and evening star”

The connection might be how the speaker felt upset when he has to leave kind of like how people are upset when it gets dark outside

“twilight and evening bell”

The connection might be the bells of the boat that he is on as he drifts away

“the boundless deep”

The connection might be what the speaker is feeling as he drifts away which is sorrow because he has to leave and he cant come back as in he is stuck in the boundless deep of the ocean

“And after that the dark!” the connection is what the speaker felt when he looked back he could not see his family only darkness

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

Literary elements End rhyme the speaker uses end rhyme to give the poem a rhythm and to smoothly flow through he poem

Imagery- the speaker uses imagery to show what the speaker sees or what he thinks he sees

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.

Literary elements

Personification- the poet uses personification to explain that the water is slow moving

The poem is a ballad because it tells a story of a man sailing away on a boat

LITERAL MEANING

• The literal meaning of the poem is a person sailing away from friends and family and he does not want them to be sad because he is not going to be returning.

FIGURATIVE MEANING

• The figurative meaning is that people are always leaving us and some return but some don’t, but it does not mean getting upset you just have to movr on in life.

AUTHORS PURPOSE

• The authors purpose for the poem is to help people to not get upset every time someone leaves or walks out of your life

THEME

• The theme of the poem is to move on in life when people leave you and go away

CITATIONS/ WEBSITES USED

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson#Early_life

• http://handelmania.libsyn.com/the-evening-star

• http://blog.daum.net/suhan55/15962675

• http://10-themes.com/categories/dark/