Manvotionals:Sheldon Robert Morley reads Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Manvotionals:Sheldon Robert Morley reads Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson... Because not only did Tennyson find it not challenging enough to condense one of the most epic stories in literature into a few pages, he decided to make it a poem. Ulysses From Manvotionals Poems, 1842. Republished in Manvotionals "Resolution" Page 129 By Alfred, Lord Tennyson The Odyssey, written by the Greek poet Homer, follows the hero Odysseus (Ulysses in Roman myths) as he journeys home after ﬁghting in the Trojan War. After ten years of ﬁghting, Odysseus was determined to return to his family as quickly as possible. But he is thwarted in his quest by obstacles and monsters,and it takes him another decade of traveling to make it back to Ithaca. During that time Odysseus never wavers in his resolve to embrace his family once more. In "Ulysses," Tennyson imagines life for Odysseus after the euphoria of his homecoming has waned and life in Ithaca has returned to normal. Odysseus is advanced in years and free from his former hardships, and yet is restless for further challenge and travel on the open seas; he resolves to die living a life of adventure and prepares to set sail once again. Tennyson wrote this poem after learning of the death of his close friend and fellow poet, Arthur Henry Hallam. Devastated by the loss of this companion, Tennyson said the poem "gave my feeling about the need of going forward and braving the struggle of life," that despite such loss, "still life must be fought out to the end."
Manvotionals:Sheldon Robert Morley reads Ulysses by Alfred, Lord Tennyson