Alfred Lord Tennyson – Ulysses

Ulysses by Lord Tennyson expresses a longing for constant exploration and experience. Similar to Tennyson's other works, it reflects a Victorian sensibility.

Ulysses is a poem in blank verse by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), written in 1833 and published in 1842

Ulysses Lyrics: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched with an agèd wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws ...

James Bond does poetry: Skyfall poem The final lines of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem 'Ulysses' feature in the James Bond film, Skyfall, starring Daniel Craig. M ...

This poem, like many of Tennyson's best, was written in the first few weeks after the death of his close friend and brother-in-law-to-be, Arthur Henry Hallam.

Ulysses was written soon after Arthur Hallam's death, and gave my feeling about the need of going forward, and braving the struggle of life.

“Ulysses” Summary. Ulysses expresses frustration at how dull and pointless his life now seems as king of Ithaca, trapped at home on the rocky island of Ithaca.

Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy. ... For ever and for ever when I move. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnished, not to shine in use!

Ulysses. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Listen now.

Ulysses, who symbolizes the grieving poet, proclaims his resolution to push onward in spite of the awareness that “death closes all” (line 51). As Tennyson ...