Question

Read the excerpt below from the poem "ulysses" by alfred, lord tennyson, and answer the question that follows.old age hath yet his honour and his toil;death closes all; but something ere the end,some work of noble note, may yet be done,not unbecoming men that strove with gods.the lights begin to twinkle from the rocks:the long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deepmoans round with many voices. come, my friends,‘tis not too late to seek a newer world.push off, and sitting well in order smitethe sounding furrows; for my purpose holdsto sail beyond the sunset, and the bathsof 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 tho'we are not now that strength which in old daysmoved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;one equal temper of heroic hearts,made weak by time and fate, but strong in willto strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.source: tennyson, alfred. "ulysses." the early poems of alfred, lord tennyson. london: edward moxon, 1842. project gutenberg. 2005. web. 7 june 2011.in this poem, tennyson refers to both ulysses and achilles. what is this technique called in literature

Answer 1

In  this excerpt of “Ulysses” Alfred Tennyson includes Achilles in the description that is being done by the narrator, Achilles being a figure from the Greek Mythology, a Greek hero in Trojan War and a great warrior in Homer’s Iliad, becomes this reference as the literary device called “Allusion”, that is the reference to a person, thing, place or idea with historical, literary or cultural relevance and significance.

Answer 2

This technique in literature is called an Allusion