Response to Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, "Ulysses".
I feel that the intended meaning trying to be expressed by Alfred Lord Tennyson in his poem Ulysses is that you should live life to the fullest and make what you can of it.
You have been gifted with only one chance at life and it should not be wasted or used in a way that you will not enjoy.
It little profits that an idle king,
By this still hearth, among these barren crags,
Match’d with an aged wife, I mete and dole
Unequal laws unto a savage race,
That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.
In this paragraph taken from the poem "Ulysses", Tennyson is trying to tell that its not fair for him to reward the kingdom when they do not really truly know him or appreciate him. Because while they are being rewarded he has to stay at home with his old aged wife.
This portion stands out to me because it reminds me that although you do something morally good and widely appreciated, don't expect credit for it. Most noble and morally good favors and actions go unnoticed.
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