Crossing the Bar

Lord Tennyson has used symbols to enrich the texture of his verse and reveal the deeper meaning of the poem. Sunset, twilight and dark are some such symbols. They indicate………

• Beautiful sceneries at the sea beach

• Transition between life and death

• Crossing of the sand bar

• Advanced age and impending death of the speaker

The poet wants a calm sea with no turbulence

• So that he can easily and swiftly move towards death

• So that the sand bar does not fall

• So that the ship does not get destroyed

• So that he can say goodbye to his loved ones

And may there be no sadness of farewell,/ When I embark. In these line, …….

• The poet wants a lavish farewell at his death. There should be no crying, weeping or other expression of sorrow over his death. He wants to die majestically. He wants that his friends should bid him farewell cheerfully.

• The poet is sorrow stricken. According to him, there should be crying, weeping or other expression of sorrow over his death. He does not want to die.

• The poet wants a cheerful farewell at his death. There should be no crying, weeping or other expression of sorrow over his death. He wants to die calmly. He wants that his friends should bid him farewell cheerfully.

• The poet regrets that he has to die. Prolonged sickness has made him a thorough pessimist

The speaker’s departure from the harbor (from life) and entry into the ocean is not really a departure. It is a way returning home. (True/ false)

• True

• False

• Partially true

• Partially false

Metaphorical meaning of sandbar conveys a ….….

• Transitional bar to sea of life

• Barrier between life and death

• funeral bell

• No expressions of sorrow

. The "Pilot" in Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is symbolically …………

• The captain of the ship

• Person controlling the aeroplane

• Controller of the winds

• The Almighty (his Maker)

1st stanza -- The word/phrase the speaker uses for ‘long deep sound expressing pain, suffering and unhappiness’

• Moaning

• Crying

• Sadness

• Weeping

2nd Stanza -- This word means ‘infinite’

• Infinity

• Interminable

• Endless

• Boundless

3rd Stanza -- This word means ‘a faint light at the end of the day after the sun has gone

• Dusk

• Sunset

• Twilight

• Dawn

. 3rd Stanza -- This is a more descriptive word for ‘to get on a ship

• Put out

• Crost

• Embark

• Move