Ulysses

Name: Ulysses
Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson

by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Monologue of an aged hero reflecting on a life of adventure

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

English Victorian poet laureate whose In Memoriam A.H.H. is a profound elegy for his dead friend and a meditation on faith and doubt. Idylls of the King and Ulysses are also landmarks of Victorian verse.

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