Question

Read the excerpt from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Select four sets of lines in the poem that reflect the Victorian theme of seeking new adventures despite obstacles.
[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.] Come, my friends, ['Tis not too late to seek a newer world.]
Push off, and sitting well in order smite
The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds
[To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die.]
It may be that the gulfs will wash us down;
[It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.]
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
[Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are--]
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
[Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.]

Answer 1

Four lines reflecting Victorian theme to explore new adventures:

Ulysses is a novel by Victorian poet ''Alfred Lord Tennyson'' written in 1833 and published in 1842.The main theme of Ulysses is to explore adventure, experience and meaning that make life worth living.

Tennyson used Ulysses as an old adventurer who was not ready to accept the discovery of the era and waited a long time for another search. The sets of poem that reflects the Victorian theme are as follows,

1.  ''Tis not too late to seek a newer world”: This refers that it is not too late to explore new adventures despite obstacles.  

2. ''To sail beyond sunset, and the baths of all western stars, until I die''- This phrase describes as Ulysses wants to sail far away until he die, where there is no stars found.

3. ''Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will''- It means they are weak by time and their heart but strong in facing challenges.  

4. ''To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield''- This phrase describes that they still seek to find the way to stay strong.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows
1st one is  tis not to late

2nd one is to sail beyond 

3rd one is made weak by time

4th one is to strive