Analysis of 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.


Scheme ABABCDDCAEFAAEF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0101010101 1101000101 110111 0111011 01110010111 11010100101 0101010101 11001010101 100101 1110101001 1111110011 1000111011 01010101101 1111010111 010111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 611
Words 110
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 495
Words per stanza (avg) 108
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.  more…

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