 As the poem begins , Ulysses has returned to his kingdom , Ithaca , having made a long journey home after fighting in the Trojan War . Confronted again by domestic life , Ulysses expresses his lack of contentment , including his indifference toward the " savage race " ( line 4 ) whom he governs . Ulysses contrasts his present restlessness with his heroic past , and contemplates his old age and eventual death — " Life piled on life / Were all too little , and of one to me / Little remains " ( 24 – 26 ) — and longs for further experience and knowledge . His son Telemachus will inherit the throne that Ulysses finds burdensome . While Ulysses thinks that Telemachus will be a good king — " Most blameless is he , centred in the sphere / Of common duties " ( 39 ) — he seems to have lost any connection to his son — " He works his work , I mine " ( 43 ) — and the conventional methods of governing — " by slow prudence " and " through soft degrees " ( 36 , 37 ) . In the final section , Ulysses turns to his fellow mariners and calls on them to join him on another quest , making no guarantees as to their fate but attempting to conjure their heroic past : 
 As the poem <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>begins</mark></a> , Ulysses <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> returned to his kingdom , Ithaca , <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>having</mark></a> made a long journey home after fighting in the Trojan War . Confronted again by domestic life , Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>expresses</mark></a> his lack of contentment , including his indifference toward the " savage race " ( line 4 ) whom he <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>governs</mark></a> . Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>contrasts</mark></a> his present restlessness with his heroic past , and <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>contemplates</mark></a> his old age and eventual death — " Life piled on life / <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>Were</mark></a> all too little , and of one to me / Little <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>remains</mark></a> " ( 24 – 26 ) — and longs for further experience and knowledge . His son Telemachus will inherit the throne <a href='null_relcl' title='10'><mark>that</mark></a>Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>finds</mark></a> burdensome . While Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>thinks</mark></a> that Telemachus will be a good king — " Most blameless is he , centred in the sphere / Of common duties " ( 39 ) — he <a href='uninflect' title='13'><mark>seems</mark></a> to <a href='been_done' title='14'><mark>have</mark></a> lost any connection to his son — " He <a href='uninflect' title='15'><mark>works</mark></a> his work , I mine " ( 43 ) — and the conventional methods of governing — " by slow prudence " and " through soft degrees " ( 36 , 37 ) . In the final section , Ulysses <a href='uninflect' title='16'><mark>turns</mark></a> to his fellow mariners and <a href='uninflect' title='17'><mark>calls</mark></a> on them to join him on another quest , making no guarantees as to their fate but attempting to conjure their heroic past : 
As the poem begin , Ulysses done returned to his kingdom , Ithaca , done made a long journey home after fightin in da Trojan War . Confronted again by domestic life , Ulysses express his lack of contentment , including his indifference toward the " savage race " ( line 4 ) whom he govern . Ulysses contrast his present restlessness with his heroic past , and contemplate his old age and eventual death — " Life piled on life / Was all too little , and of one to me / lil remain " ( 24 – 26 ) — and longs for further experience and knowledge . His son Telemachus will inherit the throne Ulysses find burdensome . While Ulysses think dat Telemachus gon be a gud king — " Most blameless is he , centred in tdasphere / Of common duties " ( 39 ) — he seem to done lost any connection to his son — " He wrk his wwrk, I mine " ( 43 ) — and the conventional methods of governing — " by slow prudence " and " through soft degrees " ( 36 , 37 ) . In thdainal section , Ulysses turn to his fellow mariners and call on em to join him on another quest , makin no guarantees as to their fate but attempting to conjure their heroic past :