"The kraken" by Alfred Lord Tennyson analysis

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
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant fins 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 men and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

T: By first looking at the title the first idea that pops out on our mind is the image of a tremendous creature with the look of an octopus, aswell we can instantly make an idea that the poem is going to talk about how this creature strikes and stalks boats and ships with his mighty giant size!

The structure of verses in "The Kraken" is an iambic pentameter.

P: In the first verses Tennyson refers to where the Kraken is located at, in the deeper sea where the thunders hit. In the next verse the author talks about the Kraken's sleep which keeps him calmed and on a "peaceful" state. Afterwards we can see the description of the Kraken, talking about his huge tentacles, describing his polyps, etc.

C: In my opinion the connotation of this poem is death, the kraken being a representation of something that's dead. For example when the persona says "dreamless, uninvaded sleep" that could be represented as the death of a person.

A: The attitude of the persona on this poem is mainly mysterious, this is because trying to describe the Kraken requires a different tone, a tone that will make us, the readers, fear this mighty creature.

S: There're no shifts present on this poem.

T: I think the title remains pretty much literal, it's a simple title to give us the idea of what the poem is going to talk about..

T: The theme of the poem is the description of an ancient creature known as "The Kraken"