Ulysses (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Dramatic monologue
- Genres: Poetry, Dramatic monologue
- Subjects: Voyages, Kings, queens, or royalty, Hell, Adventure, Greek or Roman times, Greece or Greek people, Trojan War
The Poem
Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote “Ulysses” in October, 1833, shortly after the death of Arthur Henry Hallam, his close friend. Ulysses (called Odysseus in Greek) is a mythical Greek king whose story is told in the Iliad (c. 800 b.c.e.) and the Odyssey (c. 800 b.c.e.) by the epic poet Homer. “Ulysses” is based in part on book 11 of the Odyssey, which recounts the adventures of Ulysses on his ten-year voyage home from the Trojan War. During a visit to Hades, the abode of the dead, Ulysses is told by the ghost of the seer Tiresias that after he...
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