analysis of ulyses

Alfred Lord Tennyson was one of the most representative poets of the Victorian era in England at the time. He began his writing during the period where the ideals of science challenged the ideas of Religion, which was furtherly spurred and challenged due to the Industrial Revolution occurring during that epoch. I have chosen to discuss the poem called “Ulysses” by the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson where I will be discussing the ways in which the poem “Ulysses” addresses preoccupations of the Victorian period. Through my analysis of the poem, I hope to acquire a well grounded and thorough understanding of the poem in-turn being able to understand how the Victorian period dominated and engrossed the mind of Alfred Lord Tennyson in such a way that he was inspired to write such original verse.

Due to the Victorian era having such a large influence on Tennyson’s writings, it can be identified through reading the poem “Ulysses” that there are certain ideas and beliefs found at...