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read these final lines from alfred, lord tennyson's "crossing the bar."
"for though from out our bourne 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."

with which of these does tennyson conclude his poem?
a. the wish that he will meet god when he dies (correct choice)
b. the wish that his sea voyage will be a safe one
c. the longing that the sea will somehow return his love
d. the hope that his love awaits him at the end of his voyage (incorrect choice)

while taking the test, i chose answer d, but the correct answer is a. i would like to know why this is. can someone ?

a. the wish that he will meet God when he dies (it is, indeed, the correct choice)

Explanation:

A bourne is a literary word for a limit or boundary.

A pilot is an archaic word for a guide or a leader. The first letter is capitalized, which means it is not an ordinary guide or leader, but the Guide or the Leader. It is a pretty obvious reference to God, who, as Christians believe, guides us all.

Basically, what he says in these final lines is "although he may be carried beyond the limits of time and space as we know them, he retains the hope that he will look upon the face of his “Pilot”(i.e. God) when he has crossed the sand bar."

If you reread the entire poem, you will see that it is about Lord Tennyson's accepting death as an inevitable and natural part of life. He asks his family not to grieve over him when he dies. Nothing is said about love in the poem.

this is incorrect

explanation:

this is false

we would need to be able to read the passage in question to determine which factor allowed david believe he could defeat goliath. post the passage, and i'd love to out.