The Kraken by Alfred Tennyson
Analysis
This poem is an irregular sonnet that describes a massive creature who lives "far far beneath" the sea. It is made up of one stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABCDDCEFEAAFE. The story of the Kraken is well known to fisherman and anyone who loves Johnny Depp films, but this poem gives us a unique look at the creature beneath the sea.
Poem
The Kraken Below the thunders of the upper deep; Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides: above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away into the sickly light, From many a wondrous grot and secret cell Unnumber'd and enormous polypi Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. There hath he lain for ages and will lie Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, Until the latter fire shall heat the deep; Then once by man and angels to be seen, In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die. Published in 1830.
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Nationality
English
Literary Movement
Victorian, 19th Century
Subjects
Animal, Sea, Nature
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Nationality
English
Literary Movement
Victorian, 19th Century
Subjects
Animal, Sea, Nature