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Ulysses begins by describing his current life, using such terms as "idle" and "barren. ... "
Turning his attention to what he will leave behind, Ulysses mentions his son Telemachus, a decent and prudent ruler, fit to stay at home and govern. ...
In the concluding section Ulysses approaches the port, whre his ship awaits. ... This group is chiefly represented by "Ulysses." The Carlylean aspects of "Ulysses" are present in the Heroic Man press "to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. ... (19-21; 30-32)
The discrepancy is between defiance and surrender, between the rousing moral and the poetic counterpull, between blunt, prosaic, robust good sense of Ulysses final words and the large, vague, romantic mirage toward which he will endlessly sail, endlessly hopeful.
Approximate Word count = 550
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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