English Literature / Unit 14 ENL 1305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Ulysses"
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The idea
"Ulysses," written in eighteen thirty-three in blank verse, gives the aged hero home in Ithaca, restless and discontented, resolving to sail again with his mariners. It ends, "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." It has been called the first true dramatic monologue.
In practice
An old hero sets out once more.
Where people slip
The anchor notes he foresees only death.
Your place on the trail
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