CROSSING HE AR

eMOe The propinteres

77 f he itte of the poem "Cnorsing e

Wnete thls foem im 1889. uring tha

perial
AEfhed dond Temyso aond coisidered
he had koen sullering frem serioiw ailmot
death u vety near tb hin. eath anel he Journey f
hat
Thee
voyage ofa shiß.s ship
Croses
t» he
Soul & compared
Tiole and entes inle deep ocean,
Simiar
sandy kas in hi6
Sandy icle so Tat his
to san his jouimey in he high
oet oant no
dasia anal comprtabl he d loes
Sh(soul) coull move

want ang kind of ohstacle phile be koains

journeg At he
The sea
he does nat twont any high oaves in
heg innina
knoris He
Önes oreate hindrances in eridardd movenert ef ship,
h a t man is mortal and ewery soul
has tw hotiirn to
Verg well
smoot and eomfortable
yocl. os he wanl i s hetiuning
ohiech abreo from ovil the beuntless aleep
that
hen
uins gain home.

the oohds sunset and eveninA stas s a meaphor

The pet
The wes
age
lertih.Sunsetf and evening shas Can ke'termed as slhl
an
Sn his ine, he fret can fiel
he'cleas cal'
inones ife
i* ineikable anel comes
death, he soet hins us h a deah
He doas nst want any sadnes o
at the oll age (hoilght),
dament a s at4 fon his desihe to pas aaay feen
this euleleheerfiullg anl Smoethlg is hear? olesize
earthly
.

s clea from the Stanza ef the poem

Toilighd ant evening bdl',

Ard alter hat he lask!
Andl mau here be no saolnes of fareuoe,
LWhen 9 embark "
m9n he lastshanya The oel says that Ais ship
ohen Hi's ship woull reac
t the mib ocean, leod mizht hean hinm far ada han the
aniilies ohe easth (bowne off
amxdhes ime anal Place). then his soul

oro sses the treealleshe husdbles, he hepes to see od (piot)

al
hefpre tn. hus the itle is qphophiate kecacse he main meme ff
Th
7he
foem s to ehes all the okstacles hat comes kione joun
ship (soul) e piet ha he hepe that bjool woultcome and tik
the contneol f his ship (koul) han he has' cnossed at the
tmpediment .

et
hepe to see my Pilot fmee fo face
Dhen I have cnast the bas.