Sitater fra Ulysses

9 kjente sitater fra Ulysses (1842) av Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ordrett, med forklaring og kilde.

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1. 1

   I am a part of all that I have met;

   Betydning: Every person, place, and experience Ulysses has encountered has helped shape who he is.

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2. 2

   Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’
   Gleams that untravell’d world, whose margin fades
   For ever and for ever when I move.

   Betydning: Each experience reveals further possibilities, so the world still to be explored keeps expanding as he advances.

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3. 3

   How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
   To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use!

   Betydning: Ulysses sees inactivity as a waste of his abilities and believes they stay valuable through use.

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4. 4

   And this gray spirit yearning in desire
   To follow knowledge, like a sinking star,
   Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.

   Betydning: Despite his age, Ulysses longs to pursue knowledge beyond the limits of ordinary human understanding.

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5. 5

   Old age hath yet his honour and his toil;
   Death closes all: but something ere the end,
   Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
   Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.

   Betydning: Old age still offers responsibilities and opportunities for honorable achievements before death.

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6. 6

   ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

   Betydning: Ulysses urges his companions to believe that age does not prevent them from discovering new possibilities.

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7. 7

   Push off, and sitting well in order smite
   The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
   To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths
   Of all the western stars, until I die.

   Betydning: He commands his companions to begin rowing, declaring his determination to keep exploring until death.

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8. 8

   Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’
   We are not now that strength which in old days
   Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;

   Betydning: Although age has diminished their physical power, Ulysses insists that much of their essential identity remains.

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9. 9

   One equal temper of heroic hearts,
   Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
   To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

   Betydning: Their bodies have weakened, but their shared courage and determination to pursue their goals remain strong.

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Spørsmål om disse sitatene

What does the final line of Ulysses mean?

It expresses Ulysses’s resolve to continue making efforts, exploring, and pursuing discovery despite age and hardship. He calls on his companions to resist surrendering their purpose.

Who is speaking in Tennyson’s Ulysses?

The speaker is Ulysses, the Greek hero also known as Odysseus. Restless after returning to Ithaca, he reflects on his experiences and urges his former sailing companions toward another voyage.