ULYSSES
...est and he keeps moving. The tone in this poem is shown through a visual manner. The visualization was described in the text. For example, “Barren crags”, “Matched with an aged wife”, And this gray spirit yearning in desire” and “The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs”. The quotes mentioned above show how time is passing by but Ulysses wants to keep going on until he dies. Character development plays a major role in Poetic emphasis for this poem. In the poem, the character is understood by his speech and thought. Throughout the poem, Ulysses talks living life to the fullest and about wanting to achieve something worth remembering before he dies. This as noticed related to the tone. For example; “I will drink life to the lees (sediments that settle in the bottom of wine)”, “For always roaming with a hungry heart”, and “Some work of noble note, may yet be done”. The thought of a character is directly related to his/her speech. This is why even in his mind, Ulysses keeps wanting to attain something that a normal man would only dream of. For example, “It little profits that an idle king…” shows how even after becoming King which most people would be happy with. He still yearns for something more. The schemes used in poem emphasize the speaker’s e...