Analysis Of 'The Kraken' By Alfred Lord Tennyson

Feeling, what is a feeling? Feelings are something all people, and all animals feel at some point in their lives. Because we are beings of free will, it is a mandatory part of life. Anything could happen at anytime. It is what we choose to do with our feelings that makes our lives unique. Some people live their lives trying to outrun feelings, but their efforts are futile. Other people sculpt their lives around feelings and emotion. They choose to make all of their decisions based on what may happen. Feelings come in all shapes and sizes, and it is what we choose to do with it that makes us, and our lives truly ours. In the poem “The Kraken” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (pg. 745), it tells a story of fear. The Kraken is an old seaman 's story to keep sailors “on their toes”, and makes sure they don’t grow too comfortable. In the story it goes into horrifying detail about how disgusting, and menacing, and enormous this creature must be. Even by reading the story alone, you can really imagine just how a sailor would feel if they were on their ship and they were suddenly attacked by this colossal squid. It is the defining words used by Tennyson that make it easy to imagine, words such as “unnumbered and enormous polypi” that really …show more content…
That is the beauty of humans, we are so capable, even if we don’t know it. Fear, triumph, sadness, disappointment, loss, somehow we are able to get by and keep moving forward no matter what we may lose, or gain. There are many forms of art, and these do not exclude song, and poetry, they are two of the most inspiring forms. Some forms of art are believed to be “better” than others, but when looking, and judging art, you should always remember the emotion, and work that goes into all kinds of art. Each person deals with feelings their own way, some do it by ignoring it, and storing it away, some face it head on, and some express it through their form of