Crossing the Bar
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"Crossing the Bar" is a short, reflective poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that meditates on death and the soul’s peaceful passage into the afterlife.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Crossing the Bar canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2605062 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossing the Bar Context triple: [Alfred, Lord Tennyson, notableWork, Crossing the Bar]
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A.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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B.
O Captain! My Captain!
"O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous elegiac poem by Walt Whitman mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln through an extended ship-and-captain metaphor.
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C.
Fishermen at Sea
Fishermen at Sea is an early Romantic-era oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts small fishing boats battling the moonlit waves of a turbulent sea.
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D.
The Mariner
The Mariner is the rugged, mutant antihero and seafaring drifter from the post-apocalyptic Waterworld universe.
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E.
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is a celebrated poem by Walt Whitman that meditates on time, shared human experience, and the connection between past and future generations through the everyday act of crossing the East River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crossing the Bar Target entity description: "Crossing the Bar" is a short, reflective poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that meditates on death and the soul’s peaceful passage into the afterlife.
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A.
In Memoriam
In Memoriam is the annual Academy Awards tribute segment honoring film industry members who have died in the preceding year.
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B.
O Captain! My Captain!
"O Captain! My Captain!" is a famous elegiac poem by Walt Whitman mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln through an extended ship-and-captain metaphor.
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C.
Fishermen at Sea
Fishermen at Sea is an early Romantic-era oil painting by J. M. W. Turner that dramatically depicts small fishing boats battling the moonlit waves of a turbulent sea.
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D.
The Mariner
The Mariner is the rugged, mutant antihero and seafaring drifter from the post-apocalyptic Waterworld universe.
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E.
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" is a celebrated poem by Walt Whitman that meditates on time, shared human experience, and the connection between past and future generations through the everyday act of crossing the East River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
elegy
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lyric poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| character | the Pilot ⓘ |
| commemoration | often read at funerals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstLine | Sunset and evening star ⓘ |
| form | four stanzas ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian poetry
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meditative poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| imagery | nautical imagery ⓘ |
| influence | widely anthologized in English literature collections ⓘ |
| interpretation |
death is portrayed as a peaceful crossing
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speaker expresses readiness for death ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 16 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| metaphor |
sandbar as boundary between life and afterlife
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sea voyage as death ⓘ |
| meter | mixed iambic meter ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| refrain |
And may there be no moaning of the bar
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I hope to see my Pilot face to face ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB in each stanza ⓘ |
| setting | sea at sunset ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 4 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | the soul’s passage into the afterlife ⓘ |
| symbolism |
Pilot symbolizes God or Christ
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bar symbolizes the boundary between life and death ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of death
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afterlife ⓘ death ⓘ faith ⓘ hope ⓘ meeting God ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ transition from life to death ⓘ |
| tone |
calm
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contemplative ⓘ reverent ⓘ serene ⓘ |
| writer | Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crossing the Bar Description of subject: "Crossing the Bar" is a short, reflective poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson that meditates on death and the soul’s peaceful passage into the afterlife.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alfred Tennyson