 Hello and welcome to our video summarising everything you need to know about the songs of our cells volume 1 part 2 anthology. My name is Barbara and this is the 15th and final of our 15 part video series where we examine all poems within the songs of our cells volume 1 part 2 anthology. If you want to see the other videos make sure you check out our channel and look through all other 14 videos which will be available for you to read, analyse and walk through when it comes to analysing each poem within this collection. So let's finish off with the final poem in this collection which is the Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Now this poem is a 15 line variant of an Italian or Petrarchan sonnet. This poem can be divided into two sections that can then be divided further. The Kraken is made up of one octave, in other words a set of 8 lines which can be divided into two sets of four lines and one final set of seven lines. This poem does follow a consistent rhyme scheme of A B A B C D D C E F E G G F E. Now the Kraken describes the slumbering bulk of this creature. It's eventual rise to the surface of the sea resulting in death and it's a really apocalyptic image that's used within the poem. Now this poem begins with the speaker describing how deeply one would have to look in the ocean to find the Kraken. It's in a place that no human can truly go. He continues on to state that the Kraken is not the king of this place but just another feature however it's an enduring feature of this part of the ocean. This is due to the fact that the Kraken has been sleeping an ancient sleep. This become home or rather the Kraken has become home for all of the creatures of the deep and in the final lines of the poem it's revealed that eventually the Kraken will wake up and it will bring all of its power to man and angels alike and then die when it reaches the surface. Now when we look at lines one to four the poem starts with the speaker describing a portion of the sea that's far from the reach or for understanding of humankind. He describes a place that's unfathomable to the human eye and can only be described in the grandest of terms. The speaker then lays out the details of the habitat of the Kraken and the life it lives. The place that this Kraken resides in is located below or under the layer of the upper deep so this is really the deepest, deepest part of the sea. The portion of the sea that's successful to us that is referred to as the upper section is only the start there's so much more to come and as the speaker takes the reader deeper and deeper into the ocean he passes this abysmal sea. The Kraken doesn't reside anywhere close to the surface in fact he's far far beneath all of these layers of the ocean. Once the speaker has taken his readers down through the ocean he comes upon the Kraken and this Kraken is in a deep sleep. It's an estate. This is a state rather that he's inhabited for an innumerable swath of years. His sleep is end to quote from the poem ancient, dreamless and uninvaded. Now we as readers might get the feeling now that the speaker has taken the narrative to this place that his sleep might be coming to an end. We appear perhaps maybe to be invading the Kraken's realm and in the final line of this section the speaker starts his description of what this place is and the besets within it. Now when we look at lines five to eight we get a greater understanding of this world which is so deep below. We're taken to a place that no human has ever been or will ever go. In the realm of the Kraken there's no sun. He is much too deep below the waves for the sun to touch him. Now the next lines in this section emphasise the extended period of time that this beast has been sleeping. He's remained there in the same spot for so long that it's millennia of growth surrounding him. There are huge sponges and sea plants from every form of swell which are all around him and the Kraken is so deep within the ocean that there's only sickly light about him. In other words there's only a very tiny small sliver of light. It's also in the meagre lighting that life has made its home. The Kraken has slept for so long in the same place that creatures of the sea have come to live in its wondrous grotto which is a shortened form of grotto and within the unnumbered and secret parts of its body. This Kraken's mass is becoming nothing more than another part of the ocean on which other creatures have made their home. Now in lines 9 to 15 there's a change that's predicted in the realm of the Kraken. Now this section states the speaker is emphasising that the beast has resided in this place for an endless number of days and there's enormous polypy or growths that winnow or cover its giant arms. Now one might imagine that this Kraken is covered with perhaps a green layer of small green growths. The speaker also describes into quote the hath he lain for ages. The speaker then goes on further to state that the Kraken will continue to lie, batting upon huge sea worms whilst he sleeps at least for a while longer. Now the final three lines of this poem give a hint of what will happen when the time comes for the Kraken to wake up. This will only happen when, to quote from the poem, the latter fire shall heat the deep. The Kraken will wake up and be driven up from the ocean floor either by necessity or by a newly reinvigorated passion. He will, to quote, once by man and by the angels be seen again. However the world in its entirety will see the beast and know its greatness. However we get the sense that it's almost this apocalyptic occasion that might happen which could also result in the end of the world. Now this one act of power and assertion as the Kraken surfaces from the depths of the ocean will come crashing down as, and to quote from the poem, roaring he shall rise and on the surface die. Now this entire poem can be interpreted as a metaphor for any type of impassioned revolution. The Kraken can be seen as a contingent of people who have perhaps a harbored hatred or discontentment or oppressed fear that finally reaches a breaking point and then there's a pure unencumbered emotion that comes roaring to the surface but when it reaches the clear air it then dies. So even the best intentions can fall short when they are met with the challenges of reality and that's one way you can interpret the meaning of this poem. So that's all. If you found this video useful I'd really appreciate it if you gave it a big thumbs up but also consider subscribing to this channel. 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