This essay will attempt to offer a close detailed comparison of the following pair of poems Alfred Tennysons poem Ulysses 1842 and T S Eliots poem titled Journey of the Magi 1927 We will also aim to provide some discussion of in regards to aspects of period form and genre relevant to these poems Ulysses is a poem written in 1833 and published in 1842 by Alfred Tennyson preceding the death of his friend Arthur Henry Hallam The character of Ulysses drives from the Greek myths of Odysseus This cha
Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson is an example of dramatic monologue which consists of the speech of the protagonist influenced by a critical situation directed toward a silent audience The narrator is the man in the title an Ancient Greek hero talking about his loathing of his regal position and his wish to travel again before his impending death In this poem Tennyson presents him as an old sailor a warrior and a king who is in retrospection on his experiences of a lifetime of travel Ulysses ol