English, 24.12.2019 00:31 riahhrene

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read these lines from alfred, lord tennyson's "ulysses."

"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 horde, and sleep, and feed, and know not me."

which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
a. the long-ago death of his wife
b. a lack of true fulfillment in his life (correct choice)
c. living in a constant state of danger
d. the degree of authority he is forced to wield (incorrect choice)

i chose answer d when taking the test, but the correct answer was b. i need to know why that is. can someone ?

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Answer from: mroueh21

b. a lack of true fulfillment in his life

Explanation:

The poem is a monologue spoken by him, where he not only expresses his discontent, but also describes his desire to keep sailing. He's getting older and doesn't have a lot of time left, so he wants to get busy living rather than busy dying.

Answer from: alexagyemang440

The speaker is lamenting in the passage above for:

b. a lack of true fulfillment in his life

Explanation:

In the above lines, the speaker says that a king or a figure of authority cannot gain anything if he sits with his wife and enjoys the warmth of the fire. In reality, he has to be present among the common people. It is because of the lack of the king's authority that his subjects become less dedicated to their work. They waste their life by eating and sleeping. This ultimately is a loss of the king and this means that the life of the King has been left unfulfilled.

Answer from: Quest

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

Answer from: Quest

I'm not going to write 150 words lol, but i will you with giving you examples of how they kept the animal population from revolting. napoleon made a list of rules, and told everyone how "important they are even though he was known to break them and then have them changed by the only animal who could read on the farm. none of the animals were intelligent enough to read, so they never knew if they had been changed or not which was an advantage to napoleon. napoleon constantly reminded them that if they revolted they would have to go back to mr. jones' way of things, which in retrospect was "worse" (wasn't really worse though, he was just saying that to intimidate since he didn't wanna lose his power). one of the main reasons they revolted in the first place was food, and of course if they revolt napoleon will not share food with them.

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read these lines from alfred, lord tennyson's "ulysses."

"it little profits th...