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Read these lines from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses."

"It little profits that an idle king,/By this still hearth, among these barren crags,/Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole/Unequal laws unto a savage race,/That horde, and sleep, and feed, and not know me."

Which of the following is the speaker lamenting in the passage above?
A. the long-ago death of his wife
B. a lack of true fulfillment in his life
C. living in a constant state of danger
D. the degree of authority he is forced to wield

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B. a lack of true fulfillment in his life

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"Ulysses" is actually a novel that was written by Lord Tennyson and based on the given lines above taken from this novel by Alfred, I can say that the speaker is lamenting about a lack of genuine fulfillment in his life. The answer for this would be option B. Hope this helps.
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