Explanation:
Hateful is the dark-blue sky,Vaulted O'er the dark-blue sea,Death is the end of life; ah, whyShould life all labour be?
Answer: These conspicuous and remarkable lines have been extracted from the famous poem, "The Lotos-Eaters” written by Alfred Lord Tennyson who is the representative poet in the Victorian Period. Here the sailors have expressed their disgust at their extremely toilsome life in the sea.
While returning from the Trojan War, the sailors reached the lotos-island. On this island, the inhabitants eat a kind of fruit called lotos. Immediately after eating the lotos fruits, the mariners became intoxicated and began to praise the island. They find complete peace, tranquillity, and bliss on this island. In this place, life is full of rest. Now they have decided to stay in this land of the lotos plants. By contrast, the mariners say that they had worked hard under the dark blue sky over the dark blue sea. Now the dark blue sky over the dark blue sea seems to be disgusting and upsetting for the mariners. On the island, the mariners want to take a rest from their toil. They are no longer charmed by the waves of the sea. They no longer feel excited hearing the sounds of the sea waves. They say that it is meaningless to work in our lives because one day we must die. None can avoid death. They think that if their life ends in death, why they should work hard in life?
In fact, Tennyson seems to mean that the mariners want to pass the rest of their life on the lotos-island and will not sail over the waves to return home.
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