Background
This ancient greek epic is reimagined in Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses"
The Odyssey
Lines 3-4 are an example of this structural element found in poetry
The phrase "hungry heart" as used is this type of figurative language
What is Personification?
Ulysses has spent 20 years to get home from this city
What is Troy?
This is the meter used in Lord Tennyson's Ulysses
What is Iambic Pentameter?
Ulysses symbolically relinquishes his leadership of Ithaca by providing Telemachus with this object
What is the Sceptre?
This woman is referred to as Ulysses' "aged wife"
Who is Penelope?
Shifts in tone & tense occur at these transitionary points in the poem
What are Paragraph Breaks?
What is Allegory?
Lord Tennyson's work is shaped by the themes of this era
What is the Victorian Era?
Ulysses is written as a single intense speech given by someone of importance, making it an example of this form
The statement "to Rust unburnished, not to shine in use" is an example of this more narrow/specific type of figurative language
What is implied metaphor?
This 14th Century Italian Classic's interpretation of Odysseus as "Ulisse" is often cited as inspiration for Lord Tennyson's
What is Dante's Inferno?
In addition to being written in Iambic Pentameter, Lord Tennyson's Ulysses is unrhymed, categorizing it as this type of poetry
What is Blank Verse?
The contrast between all experience which is an "Arch wherethro' gleams" and the "untravelled world whose margin fades" is an example of this device
What is Paradox?