ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Ulysses, blank-verse poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in 1833 and published in the two-volume collection Poems (1842). In a stirring dramatic monologue, the aged title character outlines his plans to abandon his dreary kingdom of Ithaca to reclaim lost glory in a final adventure on the seas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ulysses, blank-verse poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written in 1833 and published in the two-volume collection Poems (1842).

Detailed explanation-3: -An oft-quoted poem, it is a popular example of the dramatic monologue. Facing old age, mythical hero Ulysses describes his discontent and restlessness upon returning to his kingdom, Ithaca, after his far-ranging travels. Despite his reunion with his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus, Ulysses yearns to explore again.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tennyson’s poem Ulysses was composed in 1833 shortly after he learned of the death of a close friend from college named Arthur Henry Hallman.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tennyson’s Ulysses is a monologue written in blank verse. Blank verse is a poetic form where the verses are written in iambic pentameter and do not rhyme. In iambic pentameter, each line has ten syllables, five which are unstressed and five which are stressed.