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प्रश्न
What has Ulysses gained from his travel experiences?
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उत्तर
Ulysses has met people hailing from different cultural backgrounds. He has learned much from their manners, climates, councils, and governments. He learned strategies of warfare in battles.
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Our gates were strong, our walls were thick,
They seemed no threat to us at all.
I will maintain until my death
Our only enemy was gold
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Our only enemy was gold,
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Introduction
The poem ‘Ulysses’ is a dramatic monologue that contains 70 lines of blank verse. Ulysses, the King of Ithaca, gathers his men together to prepare for the journey and exhorts them not to waste their time left on earth. Ulysses has grown old, having experienced many adventures at the battle of Troy and in the seas. After returning to Ithaca, he desires to embark upon his next voyage. His inquisitive spirit is always looking forward to more and more of such adventures.
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Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough
Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move
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Repetition- It is a figure of speech.
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- Identify the figure of speech in the above line.
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And this might stand him for the storms
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