... old and his duties as King are only to make sure the laws are kept. He does not want to live a life of conformity, instead he wants to "drink/Life to the lees" . Lees are the sediments left at the bottom of wine when it is made. Ulysses is saying that he wants to live life to the fullest and that he is leaving because he has become a part of the world that he created through his journeys. Tennyson shows this in the statement, "I am part of all that I have met" . Ulysses feels that if he stays in Ithaca he will be wasting his life. He says that he does not want to feel like a set of armor left to rust. Telemechus, Ulysses' son, is left in charge as King of Ithaca. Ulysses believes that his son is better for Ithaca than he would ...

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