9. 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?

the long-ago death of his wife

a lack of true fulfillment in his life

living in a constant state of danger

the degree of authority he is forced to wield

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Lydia Cobb

6 February, 12:51

9. 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?

the long-ago death of his wife

a lack of true fulfillment in his life

living in a constant state of danger

the degree of authority he is forced to wield

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Alexis Krause · Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "the degree of authority he is forced to wield." the statement that the speaker lamenting in the passage above is that the degree of authority he is forced to wield