This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 1998 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

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The lines, "I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees" from Tennyson's "Ulysses" reveal the persona as adventurous. The speaker, who is Ulysses (the Latin name for Odysseus), expresses his desire to keep traveling and experiencing everything that life has to offer. He wants to continue exploring and taking risks, even in his old age. This attitude suggests that he is adventurous, eager to seek out new experiences, and unwilling to be held back by age or convention.

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