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Question
Explain with reference to the context the following line.
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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Solution
- Reference: These lines are from the poem ‘Ulysses” written by Alfred Tennyson.
- Context and Explanation: Tennyson says these words through Ulysses who makes his motto loud and clear in these words. The final line of the poem is Ulysses’ enduring challenge to readers as well. The challenge if the aged ones could push ahead with vigor and strength of will no matter how fragile their bodies are. To yield to age or weakness is to be less than fully human. It might be honorable to live a peaceful settled life in old age. But one would naturally miss out on the most exciting moments of life if one does not venture out, at least a little towards the unknown.
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