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Sabado, Michael Earvin R
Manicdao, Margarette Nicole N.
iii - Curie

Analysis of Crossing the Bar

The poem starts with the speaker at the toll towards death. with the first line saying :"Sunset and evening star,". It also says that the speaker is also aware of his condition. We feel that the speaker may be diagnosed of some disease. The speaker readily accepts his condition and starts his self-actualization with the long journey across the sea.

As the speaker goes deeper and sees through himself, he realizes all of his faults and wrong deeds and positive ones.

His incoming death draws him physical, emotional and psychological pain. He does not want other family members to know of his death and he wants to die alone. And so he fights his sickness all alone.

The speaker wishes that when he leaves his body and crosses to the spiritual realm. He wants an opportunity to meet his Pilot, his creator, his god.ü