In the very last question, it asks why "Pilot" is capitalized in Alfred Tennyson's Crossing the Bar. After reading the poem and concluding what it is about, the Pilot represents God. A pilot typically guides the passengers around to different areas of the world because the tourists have decided to board that transport and allow that pilot to take them places. Similarly, we allow God to guide our lives and lead us in right directions, but we have free will, meaning that with our choice first, God can help guide us.
When reading this poem, a calmness comes about. It makes the reader feel relaxed with his diction use of stars, sound and foam, and twilight. They all bring to mind the serenity of a nigh-time beach experience.
He uses multiple metaphors in the poem. His traversing out to sea symbolizes his journey to his peaceful death. His embarking also symbolizes his death and journey and his wanting of no sadness. Lastly, at the end "When I have crossed the bar"(Tennyson, 886). This crossing of the bar is a metaphor of the transition from life to death.
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