1)      - Ulysses is speaking. In the first part he is referring to an ideal reader or to someone who is listening the poetry. In the second part he speaks to his mariners.

-          There isn’t an explicit reference to his age, but he is old because he speaks about the little time he still has and he remembers all his actions.

-          He is on Ithaca, but he is going to move.

-          He is preparing for a travel without a destination and he thinks at the possible arrive to death. He is setting out on his memories.

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3)      A) Ulysses is portrayed as an old man, who is watching his land, Ithaca, and is thinking about all his great actions and memories. The intelligent reader can understand that Ulysses is a brave and strong man, who faced up bad and good moments, but he is not satisfied of his life and so he decided to try a new travel. Ulysses and Telemachus are in opposition: the son loves Ithaca while Ulysses leave it. The figure of Ulysses is very different from the hero of the Odyssey because he is old and he is moved by the desire to have new experiences.

B) The poet is critical with Telemachus and he says that the Ulysses’s son must change behaviour to governates the island. Indeed, the poet he is accord to Ulysses’ way of thinking. Ulysses is the spokesman of the poet.

4)      Yes, it does. The poem opens a reflection about the death, the sense of the life and about what is very important in the life. This creates in the reader a sense of loss in the reader.

5)      This poem is written as a dramatic monologue: the entire poem is spoken by a single character, whose identity is revealed by his own words. The poem is divided into four paragraph-like sections, each of which comprises a distinct thematic unit of the poem. There are no rhymes. The meter is a free verse. There is the alliteration of the letters L, M, H, R and S. The alliterations are used by the poet when he wants to underline a concept or a verse.