Poetry Ch. 10 Tone (2)

"And may there be no moaning of the bar when I put out into the sea." (886)

The above quote comes from "Crossing the Bar" by Lord Alfred Tennyson. Even though this is not the imagery section, the images in this poem really stuck out to me. The images conveyed the gist of the poem to me. The images are of sunset, twilight, tide, and flooding. These images all signify an end to me. The poem is about death which is also an end. Also, to me the images are peaceful and calm. This is exactly how the speaker envisions and wants his death to be. He wants to die quickly without moaning (pain). He also wants it to be quick so people are not feeling sorry for him and telling him goodbye rather than embracing his presence now. The images in the poem convey the theme of a wish for a peaceful, noneventful end to his life just as the end of the day and end of the tide come peacefully everyday and without a bunch of hoopla.