Analysis of “The Kraken” by Lord Tennyson

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In the poem “The Kraken” Lord Tennyson describes how the kraken’s life

depends on the upper deep in the abysmal sea. Lord Tennyson describes about a Kraken

which a. Also, the author describes of how the monster spends his life in the upper deep.

Furthermore, the creature has an ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep. In addition, the

creature lives in a big wondrous grot and secret cell buried within the ground. Down

where the sun lights flee the kraken is battening up huge sea-worms in his sleep. Its huge

sponges of width and height would blend in with the shadowy light. The enormous green

giant’s giant arms would lie on the ocean bed and would have its ageless rest.

The poem is based on Lord Tennyson describing of a huge sea monster that is

called “The Kraken.” The kraken is a legendary sea monster is causing large whirlpools

off the coast of Norway. The kraken has its ancient, dreamless, and uninvaded sleep. The

monster is an enormous green sea monster that sleeps in the upper deep of the abysmal

sea. The monster sleeps for timeless...

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