 Ulysses ' apparent disdain for those around him is another facet of the ironic perspective . He declares that he is " matched with an aged wife " ( 3 ) , indicates his weariness in governing a " savage race " ( 4 ) , and suggests his philosophical distance from his son Telemachus . A skeptical reading of the second paragraph finds it a condescending tribute to Telemachus and a rejection of his " slow prudence " ( 36 ) . However , the adjectives used to describe Telemachus — " blameless " , " discerning " , and " decent " — are words with positive connotations in other of Tennyson 's poetry and within the classical tradition , where " blameless " is an attribute of gods and heroes . 
 Ulysses <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a>apparent disdain for those around him <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>another facet of the ironic perspective . He <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>declares</mark></a> that he is " matched with an aged wife " ( 3 ) , <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>indicates</mark></a> his weariness in governing a " savage race " ( 4 ) , and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>suggests</mark></a> his philosophical distance from his son Telemachus . A skeptical reading of the second paragraph <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>finds</mark></a> it a condescending tribute to Telemachus and a rejection of his " slow prudence " ( 36 ) . However , the adjectives used to describe Telemachus — " blameless " , " discerning " , and " decent " — <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>words with positive connotations in other of Tennyson <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>poetry and within the classical tradition , where " blameless " <a href='drop_aux' title='9'><mark>is</mark></a>an attribute of gods and heroes . 
Ulysses  apparent disdain for those around him another facet of the ironic perspective . He declare that he is " matched with an aged wife " ( 3 ) , indicate his weariness in governing a " savage race " ( 4 ) , and suggest his philosophical distance from his son Telemachus . A skeptical reading of da second paragraph find it a condescending tribute to Telemachus and a rejection of his " slow prudence " ( 36 ) . However , the adjectives used to describe Telemachus — " blameless " , " discerning " , and " decent " — words w/ positive connotations in other of Tennyson  poetry and within the classical tradition , where " blameless " an attribute of gods and heroes .