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Read this excerpt from alfred, lord tennysonâs âcrossing the bar.â âtwilight and evening bell,/and after that the dark!/and may there be no sadness of farewell,/when i embarkâ¦â which mood does tennyson evoke as he contemplates his death?

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I would say optimism. Grief and terror doesn't really fit in with the mood it is setting.
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