Lines From Ulysses
By:Tennyson
Poet: Alfred Lord Tennyson is the great poet of Victorian age. His poetry is a record of the intellectual and spiritual life of his time. Ulysses is the most famous poem of Tennyson.
Theme: The poem is based on the psychological idea that a man whose life has been full of activities can not rest even in old age. Ulysses, a hero of Greek mythology has visited many lands, but there were many more lands to be seen and he was eager to visit them. The more he knew the greater was his thirst for knowledge.
Style: The poem is written in the blank verse which specially in the last lines acquire almost a Miltanic grandeur, sweep and majesty of the movement. The poem abounds in symbols and image.
Language: The poem displays Tennyson's command over language and his felicity of phrasing. He had said what he wants to say in the fewest possible words. This makes the diction terse and opigramatic. The last line has passed into common, eveyday proverbs.
Conclusion: This is one of the noblest passages of Tennyson's political work. The poet conveys a beautiful message to the reader and advises to work till the end of life. Ulysses is a living symbol of modern energetic and busy man. The poem is undoubtedly the most popular poem in English Literature and brought great name to the Jenny son.
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