Poetic and literary devices are the same, but a few are used only in poetry. Here is the analysis of some of the poetic devices used in this rhyme. The lines stated below are suitable as a quote in a speech while talking about ambitious people, who do not accept defeat. Summary of Ulysses. My Captain! Many of the lines are enjambed, which means that a thought does not end with the line-break; the sentences often end in the middle, rather than the end, of the lines.
SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Themes Motifs Symbols. Page 1 Page 2. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
He, after returning to his kingdom, finds being an idle king is non-progressive. He expresses how boring it is to stay resting at home. He means that life is meaningful only if there is some quest. Ulysses is not willing to sit and inspect on his past adventures. In fact, he is proud of his reputation and compares himself to a tool that shines only when it is used.
The speaker is aware of death hovering near him but declines to surrender to destiny. He wishes to stay engaged in exploring and living new events of life. And hence the poem ends with the line,.
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