Asked who was the greatest French poet of the 19th century, André Gide cruelly replied, “Victor Hugo, alas!” We might be tempted to say something similar of English poetry: “Tennyson, alas!” Whitman ...

How fortunate was Ulysses to be merely a warrior and not a quarterback, nor Tennyson a sports reporter reminding him that the smart play would be to rest on his laurels. We need to be upfront with you ...

I was in high school when I first read Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s 1833 poem “Ulysses,” which chronicles the title character’s reflection on his years of travel, as recorded in Homer’s “Odyssey.” Though ...

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