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BarAlfredTenn1BackgroundinformationCrossingthebarPoemanalysisArtisticfeatureBackgroundinformation2AlfredTennysonTennysonistherepresentativepoetofVictorianage（PoetLaureateoftheUnitedKingdom

）.HehasperfectcontrolofthesoundofEnglish.HisworksarenotonlytheproductsofthecreativeimaginationofapoeticgeniusbutalsoproductsofalongandrichEnglishheritage.6August1809–6October1892AlfredTennysonTennysonisthe3LifeExperiences18301831PublishedhisfirstvolumeAppearedhissecondvolume

leaveCambridge

TheMiller’sDaughter《磨坊主的女兒》

HebeganhislongseriesofidyllsofEnglishlife.1832TheMayQueen《五月女王》

notwellreceivedLifeExperiences183041836WenttolivenearLondon,for10yearshepublishednothingCameforthwith2volumes，EstablishedTennyson’scareerasawriter

ThePrincess《公主》appearedaboutthehigheducationofwomen1850InMemoriam《悼念》

1859-1885IdyllsoftheKing《國王之歌》Deathin1892184218471836WenttolivenearLondon,5CrossingtheBar

Sunsetandeveningstar,

Andoneclearcallforme!Andmaytherebenomoaningofthebar,

WhenIputouttosea,Butsuchatideasmovingseemsasleep,

Toofullforsoundandfoam,Whenthatwhichdrewformouttheboundlessdeep

Turnsagainhome.

CrossingtheBar

Sunsetandev6渡過沙洲Twilightandeveningbell,

Andafterthatthedark!Andmaytherebenosadnessoffarewell,

WhenIembark;ForthoughfromoutourbourneofTimeandPlace

Thefloodmaybearmefar,IhopetoseemyPilotfacetoface

WhenIhavecrossedthebar.

渡過沙洲Twilightandeveningbell,7夕陽下，閃疏星，

召喚一聲清朗！

愿沙渚寧靜，

我將出海遠(yuǎn)航；

潮汐如夢幻，

濤聲似止，浪花息；

大海深處涌來，

又悄然退卻。

暮靄鐘鳴，

黑夜將籠罩！

愿訣別無悲聲，

登舟起錨；

千古洪流，時空無限，

滔滔載我至遠(yuǎn)方；

渡沙渚一線，

泰然見領(lǐng)航。夕陽下，閃疏星，

召喚一聲清朗！

愿沙渚寧靜，

我將8Thesceneissketchedwithafewstrokes：sunsetandtheeveningstar，thetwilightandtheeveningbell，andthenthedark.Theshipisreadytogooutoftheharbor.Itwillcrossthebarandreachthevastopenseaforthelongvoyagethatitistomake.Thesceneissketchedwithaf9ThemeAlfredTennysonwrotethispoemattheageof80.Tooursurprise,thepoetlaureatecanstillusehisinspirationtomakethispoemwithin10minutes.Thispoemappears，athisrequest，asthefinalpoeminallcollectionsofhisworks.Crossingthebarmeansleavingthisworldandenteringthenextworld.Wecanfeelhisfearlessnesstowardsdeath，hisfaithinGodandanafterlife.ThemeAlfredTennysonwrotethi10ThispieceofpoemtalksaboutthedeathoftraditionalChristianthought,emphasizingthepoet’sfirmreligiousbeliefs.Asaskilledpilotwillguidetheboatrideoutthesandbar,Godwillguideussafelythroughtheshallowsofthesinister

death.Thispieceofpoemtalksabout11ImageThefirsttwolinesofthepoemswitchvisualsightsandsoundsofthereader‘sattentiontothedistinctivesensoryimage.“Sunset”,l“eveningstars”,“twilight”and“eveningbell”,“sea”,and“tide”.ImageThefirsttwolinesofth12FigureofSpeechSymbolismbar

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thespacebetweenlifeanddeath

theendoflifegodFigureofSpeechSymbolism13MetricalBeautyThispoemconsistsof4quatrainswitharhymeschemeof“ababcdcdefefgaga.”Alliteration、assonanceTherepetitionofwhenin“WhenIputouttosea”,“WhenIembark”and“WhenIhavecrossedthebar”MetricalBeautyThispoemconsi14ArtisticFeaturesTennysonisarealartist.Hehasthenaturalpoweroflinkingvisualpictureswithmusicalexpressions，andthesetwowiththefeelings.HehasperfectcontrolofthesoundofEnglish,andasensitiveear,anexcellentchoiceandtasteofwords.Hispoetryisrichinpoeticimagesandmelodiouslanguage,andnotedforitslyricalbeautyandmetricalcharm.ArtisticFeaturesTennysonis15Crossing

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Bar渡過沙洲AlfredTennysonCrossing

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BarAlfredTenn16BackgroundinformationCrossingthebarPoemanalysisArtisticfeatureBackgroundinformation17AlfredTennysonTennysonistherepresentativepoetofVictorianage（PoetLaureateoftheUnitedKingdom

）.HehasperfectcontrolofthesoundofEnglish.HisworksarenotonlytheproductsofthecreativeimaginationofapoeticgeniusbutalsoproductsofalongandrichEnglishheritage.6August1809–6October1892AlfredTennysonTennysonisthe18LifeExperiences18301831PublishedhisfirstvolumeAppearedhissecondvolume

leaveCambridge

TheMiller’sDaughter《磨坊主的女兒》

HebeganhislongseriesofidyllsofEnglishlife.1832TheMayQueen《五月女王》

notwellreceivedLifeExperiences1830191836WenttolivenearLondon,for10yearshepublishednothingCameforthwith2volumes，EstablishedTennyson’scareerasawriter

ThePrincess《公主》appearedaboutthehigheducationofwomen1850InMemoriam《悼念》

1859-1885IdyllsoftheKing《國王之歌》Deathin1892184218471836WenttolivenearLondon,20CrossingtheBar

Sunsetandeveningstar,

Andoneclearcallforme!Andmaytherebenomoaningofthebar,

WhenIputouttosea,Butsuchatideasmovingseemsasleep,

Toofullforsoundandfoam,Whenthatwhichdrewformouttheboundlessdeep

Turnsagainhome.

CrossingtheBar

Sunsetandev21渡過沙洲Twilightandeveningbell,

Andafterthatthedark!Andmaytherebenosadnessoffarewell,

WhenIembark;ForthoughfromoutourbourneofTimeandPlace

Thefloodmaybearmefar,IhopetoseemyPilotfacetoface

WhenIhavecrossedthebar.

渡過沙洲Twilightandeveningbell,22夕陽下，閃疏星，

召喚一聲清朗！

愿沙渚寧靜，

我將出海遠(yuǎn)航；

潮汐如夢幻，

濤聲似止，浪花息；

大海深處涌來，

又悄然退卻。

暮靄鐘鳴，

黑夜將籠罩！

愿訣別無悲聲，

登舟起錨；

千古洪流，時空無限，

滔滔載我至遠(yuǎn)方；

渡沙渚一線，

泰然見領(lǐng)航。夕陽下，閃疏星，

召喚一聲清朗！

愿沙渚寧靜，

我將23Thesceneissketchedwithafewstrokes：sunsetandtheeveningstar，thetwilightandtheeveningbell，andthenthedark.Theshipisreadytogooutoftheharbor.Itwillcrossthebarandreachthevastopenseaforthelongvoyagethatitistomake.Thesceneissketchedwithaf24ThemeAlfredTennysonwrotethispoemattheageof80.Tooursurprise,thepoetlaureatecanstillusehisinspirationtomakethispoemwithin10minutes.Thispoemappears，athisrequest，asthefinalpoeminallcollectionsofhisworks.Crossingthebarmeansleavingthisworldandenteringthenextworld.Wecanfeelhisfearlessnesstowardsdeath，hisfaithinGodandanafterlife.ThemeAlfredTennysonwrotethi25ThispieceofpoemtalksaboutthedeathoftraditionalChristianthought,emphasizingthepoet’sfirmreligiousbeliefs.Asaskilledpilotwillguidetheboatrideoutthesandbar,Godwillguideussafelythroughtheshallowsofthesinister

death.Thispieceofpoemtalksabout26ImageThefirsttwolinesofthepoemswitchvisualsightsandsoundsofthereader‘sattentiontothedistinctivesensoryimage.“Sunset”,l“eveningstars”,“twilight”and“eveningbell”,“sea”,and“tide”.ImageThefirsttwolinesofth27FigureofSpeechSymbolismbar

Sunseteveningstarstwilighteveningb