Ulysses

Alfred Tennyson. Ulysses. It little profits that an idle king,. By this still hearth, among these barren crags,. Match'd with an agèd wife, I mete and dole.

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

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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.

Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, ...

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” 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.

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