SECTION D: NON-AFRICAN POETRY
Comment on the theme of uncertainty in “Crossing the Bar”
Explanation
Candidates are expected to discuss the following points:
i. The theme of death as a transition.
ii. The certainty of death and the persona’s hope for life hereafter.
iii. Crossing the bar and its attendant strains.
iv. The sorrows of those left behind.
v. The hope of meeting his creator eventually.