A. grief free farewell
B. courage in the face of death
C. life after death
D. time
1. this is one of the themes and the poem crossing the bar emphasized by the poetic personae that no one should feel bad cry or mourn when he dies this is because he is going to see his creator and a better place
2 . this one of the prominent dance in the poem crossing the bar the reader is meant to understand that there is time for everything and this time takes permission from no 12 occurs and such waits for no one.
3. this is always emphasized and the poem that there exists a place where one will find himself herself after embracing death.
4. in the poem one is encouraged to embrace the phenomenon of deaths since it is inevitable and will always come to us
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