Victorian+Period


 * Victorian Period **: The Victorin Era begins in 1837, the year Victoria became Queen, and ends in 1901, the year Queen Victoria died. It was a long time of peace and prosperity in Britain. Beause this era existed throughout the Industrial Revolution, common topics incorporated in literature then included social reform. It was a time of grand change.


 * Authors: ** George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde


 * "Crossing the Bar" **
 * Alfred, Lord Tennyson **

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 though from out our bourn 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.


 * Analysis: **
 * **accepting towards death**
 * **metaphor of sand bar to describe barrier between life and death**
 * **"crossing" can mean crossing over to another world or "crossing: in Christian terms**
 * **ABAB rhyme scheme**
 * **first and third stanzas are linked**
 * **first and third stanzas have similar descriptive beginnings "Sunset and evening star" and "Twilight and evening bell"**
 * **second and fourth stanzas are linked**
 * **second and fourth stanzas include some sort of transition or conjuction to show a connection to death because death is going to happen**
 * **exclamation point: actually realizing what death is and what it will bring**
 * **does not want relatives to cry or mourn for him when he dies**
 * **"Sunset and evening star" created an image of the end of the day which is a metaphor for the end of the day or the end of his life. As the poem goes on, the time of the day goes on as well to signify that time does not wait for anyone.**
 * **the line lengths vary to show the movement of the tides that will carry him**
 * **repititive use of "when" shows that death will happen soon -- death is in the future**
 * **shows the difference between things that will happen for sure and things he hopes will happen**
 * **capitilization of "Time" and "Place" symbolizees that he knows where he is going -- a desitination has been decided**
 * **"Pilot" - hopes to meet his guide and the one he has been waiting for soon**
 * **to move on is present with the shift in day that is described from sunset to twilight to dark**
 * **the word choice makes it clear the the passage to death is a journy**