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    Tennyson's poem "Tithonus" is not as well known as some of his other works like "Ulysses" but it is worth analyzing. The poem shows something different from other poetry by exposing the horrific reality of what it would be like to live forever, as described by the poet-critic William Empson who said "Tithonus" is "a poem in favor of the human practice of dying".

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    Tennyson's poem "Tithonus" is not as well known as some of his other works like "Ulysses" but it is worth analyzing. The poem shows something different from other poetry by exposing the horrific reality of what it would be like to live forever, as described by the poet-critic William Empson who said "Tithonus" is "a poem in favor of the human practice of dying".

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    A Short Analysis of Tennyson’s

    ‘Tithonus’
    By Dr Oliver Tearle

    ‘Tithonus’ is not as famous as some of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s


    other dramatic monologues – ‘Ulysses’ enjoys considerably
    more popularity – but it is worth analysing because it offers
    something different from much other poetry. As the poet-critic
    William Empson put it, ‘Tithonus’ is ‘a poem in favour of the
    human practice of dying’, because the poem exposes the horrific
    reality of what it would be like to live forever.

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