... poetry. One of Tennyson's sources for his poem, "Ulysses- was Homer's "Odyssey."" Ulysses learned from Tiresias's ghost that after killing his wife Penelope s suitors, he needed to take a final voyage. Tennyson also referred to Dante's "Inferno."" In "Inferno- Ulysses gave an account of the final journey. Tennyson's poem differs from Dante and Homer's works. Neither the "Odyssey- nor the "Inferno- described Penelope as being old, nor did they state ... that Ulysses had lived in Ithaca for a long time before he left for the final voyage. Tennyson referred to the "Odyssey- one more time i...

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