What evidence is there in "Ulysses" that the speaker does not wish for a life of adventure but instead wishes for death?

There is
a fundamental tension throughout the poem between 's continuing taste for adventure and
exploration, and a desire to face up to his old age and mortality. Ulysses (or Odysseus as he
was known to the Greeks) was a great warrior, a noble explorer who undertook many dangerous,
perilous journeys and voyages throughout the known world. It's not surprising, then, that
Ulysses should still retain a strong sense of wanderlust.

But Ulysses is
also mortal, so he's getting older. He's now confronted with the question of how to live out the
rest of his days. Should he slip quietly into...

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