The Kraken
the poem includes a brief, rather vague, description of the Kraken, the life he lives and what will eventually happen to him: death. death comes to all living beings, however, it is possible to take from the poem that dying is the only thing the kraken can ever aspire to. his existance is solitary, centered entirely on sleeping for a millenia, and has but one purpose: to wait. wait util the moment that "the latter fire shall heat the deep", and rise to the surface just so he can die. the poem does not give any indication as to what the latter fire is, what triggers it, or why it causes the kraken to head towards the surface, and frankly, it probably does not matter. it could be something as simple as a random magma spur from the Earth`s core that simply forces the Kraken to ascend because of the heat (although it is definetly not what the poet meant, since tectonic plate theory was divised a few hundred years after this poem was wirtten), or something as surreal as the human mind could possibly imagine. the poems centers around this theme of living a miserable existance, miserable to the point that the most exciting thing that could happen is death, and what adds impact to the theme is seeing the Kraken, a monster that might come in different shapes and sizes but is alawys villified and feared in practically every movie, piece of art or literature, have the same depressing fate as a gold fish.
I enjoyed this poem, because it showed a side of a notorious sea monster that no one ever bothered to explore, or even know existed. instead of depicting the kraken as the monster everyone expects him to be, it portrayed him as a misunderstood creature, but perhaps that is all monsters really are.
I enjoyed this poem, because it showed a side of a notorious sea monster that no one ever bothered to explore, or even know existed. instead of depicting the kraken as the monster everyone expects him to be, it portrayed him as a misunderstood creature, but perhaps that is all monsters really are.