Tennyson's Poems as a whole often deal with the ideas of adventure, myth, and mysticism. From relating the story of the Lotos-Eaters-who come upon an island filled with a tempting food that creates a soul-killing lethargy-to a reimagining of the hero Odysseus as an old man setting out on one final courageous journey into the unknown, Tennyson's poems explore the themes of heroism, despair, and the necessity of human action rather than idleness and wasted potential.
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