Webin memoriam, the poem for which tennyson is most remembered, is organized structurally around the three christmas lyrics strategically placed within the sequence. Webthe poet asks god to help make his will, and he hopes his own knowledge and faith will grow. Men often mock god when they do not fear anything, and they are “fools and. Webin crossing the bar, tennyson contemplates the journey from life to death, employing the metaphor of a ship crossing the bar—a sandbar that obstructs the entrance to a.
