Ulysses is a poem written by the Victrian poet Alfred Tennyson where , Ulysses expresses  his dissatisfaction for the return to the kingdom of Ithaca, after his journey.

The poem is arranged into sixty blank verses.

It is a long dramatic monologue.

The language used expresses the contrasting moods of Ulysses.

The hero also expresses his contempt for the "savage race".

In the first part the reader dosen not know the audience, but after the reader can understand that Ulysses is speaking to his companions.

The hero of Homer and Dante in Tennyson's text is disturbed by the boring normality of his family and the management of his kingdom.

As Dante's Ulysses exceeds the Pillars of Hercules, the far edge of the knew world, even the Tennyson's Ulysses at the end of his life decided to resume the journey, and leave the ordinary life to go.

The Ulysses's invitation to his companions to follow him, refers to Dante's Ulysses urges to his comapnions to be part in the adventure.

The awareness of a possible defeat will not stop Ulysses' enthusiasm.

Ulysses proclaims Telemachus as its true and legitimate heir.

He claims that his son has all the qualities required of a good king.

Ulysses recognizes that Telemachus' greatness consists in his success as an adventurer, like his father.

He knows that his son's greatness consists in its ability in administration.

Luca Visentin