1. The speaker is addressing the object of his/her affection.

2. The speaker is declaring their love to another and is also promising to keep that other
persons love in their own heart (by carrying it).
3. The poems use of many terms of affection is very endearing. It seems as if the speaker is
sending a quick love letter. The speaker just cant contain their ardor.
4. The first line evokes some imagery in that all of us carry around those that we love in our
own hearts. When the speaker introduces the moon and sun, the reader is left to imagine
what a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing. This is a great
device that lets the reader imagine those things. It evokes a very different and personal
emotional response from each individual that reads it.
5. The moon reflects the suns light. In this poem, the author is showing love that is
reflected between two people.
6. The authors use of the word sing in reference to the sun is a personification.
7. The lack of capitalization, especially of the word I is a humbling thing. The author is
making a point about the speaker not being more important than the other person in this
relationship. It is shared. The lack of spacing is interesting in that it implies a closeness
between the two people. They cannot be separated.
8. The lack of structure is adding to the main idea of the poem: love. The visual way we see
the poem adds as much to the meaning of the poem as the words do. The lack of spacing
indicates closeness between two people, the lack of punctuation and capitalization
implies intimacy and unity.
9. When the speaker is outside of the parenthesis he speaks in generalizations, but once in
the parenthesis the wording is directed at the object of his/her affection. I fear no fate
then becomes (for you are my fate).
10. The speaker is talking about the wonder of love. Love is an emotion that is experienced
differently by every person. The speaker has already mentioned the moon, sun, and sky.
These are all mysteries that pale in comparison to the wonder of love.
e. e. cummings

1. The speaker appears to be someone who is familiar with maritime life---facing their
death.
2. My eyes were drawn over and over to the use of words that end in ing: evening,
moaning, moving.
3. The word Pilot has been capitalized to let the reader know that this is a person of some
importance. In this instance, the author is referring to God as the Pilot of his life.
4. Crossing the bar indicates leaving shallow waters for deep waters, passing the sand bar.
In the case of this poem, the use of crossing the bar is a metaphor for passing the
barrier between life and death.
5. I only looked at The Eagle but I would say that they are similar in that they both
address change or moving from one stage to the next

6. Those two exclamation points are in places that let reader know what is happening in the
poem. One clear call for me! indicates that death is calling, and death is referred to
again with And after that the dark!
7. The tone is one of serenity/peace. The speaker knows it is time to go and is ready to move
on.
8. I would hope that when it is my time to go that I would be able to face it with as much
grace and bravery. The speaker asks for no sadness of farewell. It seems as if the
speaker is looking forward to crossing the bar and seeing his Pilot face to face.
9. The main themes of the poem appear to be ship and night time related. The author uses
many words that reference night: sunset, evening, twilight, dark.
10. For me, I picture a lone individual that has completed their sail through life. They are at
sea, ready to be called home.
Lord Tennyson