Symbolism

I found the poem Crossing the Bar very intriguing. My favorite aspect of it was the obvious symbolism. Crossing the bar is symbolic of death. There are many other important symbols throughout the work. For instance, my favorite symbol was in line 15 and 16:

"I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar."

The word Pilot is a reference to God. I thought that the author really emphasized this meaning my capitalizing Pilot. It was an interesting tactic. It also refers to being asleep in the second stanza. Sleep has been a recurring symbol of death in the poems we have studied thus far. The mention of it in this poem strengthens the overall symbolism of death.