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The Kraken

The Kraken. by Alfred Lord Tennyson. 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;.

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The Kraken

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  1. The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson

  2. Below the thunders of theupper deep,

  3. Far, far beneath in the abysmal seA,

  4. His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep

  5. The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee

  6. About his shadowy sides; above him swell

  7. Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;

  8. And far away into the sickly light,

  9. From many a wondrous grot and secret cell

  10. Unnumber'd and enormous polypi

  11. Winnow with giant arms the lumbering green.

  12. There hath he lain for ages, and will lie

  13. Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,

  14. Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;

  15. Then once by man and angels to be seen,

  16. In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.

  17. Lord Alfred: Contextual info. (1809 – 1892) Born: August 5th 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire. 4th of twelve children. Father (a vicar) suffered from depression. Began writing at a young age. Wrote in the style of Lord Byron. Married Emily Sellwood 1853. Tennyson wrote several plays, among them the poetic dramas Queen Mary (1875) and Harold (1876). Made a baron 1884. Died: October 6th 1892 at Aldwort. Buried in Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey.

  18. The Princess (1847) • "Tears, Idle Tears" • In Memoriam A.H.H. (1849) • Ring Out, Wild Bells (1850) • The Eagle (1851) • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) - an early recording exists of Tennyson reading this • Maud (1855/1856) • Enoch Arden (1862/1864) • Flower in the crannied wall (1869) • The Window - Song cycle with Arthur Sullivan. (1871) • Harold (1876) - began a revival of interest in King Harold • Idylls of the King (composed 1833-1874) • Locksley Hall Sixty Years After (1886) • Crossing the Bar (1889) • The Foresters - a play with incidental music by Arthur Sullivan (1891) • Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - it appeared as a song in the film Vanity Fair, with musical arrangement by Mychael Danna • Partial list of works • From Poems, Chiefly Lyrical (1830): • The Dying Swan • The Kraken • Mariana • Lady Clara Vere de Vere (1832) • From Poems (1833): • The Lotos-Eaters • The Lady of Shalott (1832, 1842) • From Poems (1842): • Locksley Hall • Tithonus • Vision of Sin • The Two Voices (1834) • "Ulysses" (1833)

  19. 1839 Alfred and Emily Sellwood were officially engaged 1840 They were officially unengaged. Emily's father put a stop to the match, supposedly because Alfred was too poor to marry. He was, but the real reason was probably the very unhappy marriage between Charles, Alfred's older brother, and Louisa Sellwood, Emily's sister. 1842POEMS (two volumes, These books re-established his skill as a writer) 1847The Princess (Alfred's first work after his success with Poems) 1849 Charles was reconciled with his wife Louisa Sellwood 08/05/1809 Alfred Tennyson was born 5 August 1809, third surviving child of the Rev. George Clayton Tennyson and Elizabeth Fytche Tennyson 1819 Alfred has 10 siblings, all supported by his fathers wage as clergy. 1827 Alfred entered Cambridge, 1830 Tennyson published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical 1830 Aurther Hallam had become engaged to Tennyson`s sister Emily. 1831 his father's death 1833 Poems (received unfavourable reviews, and Tennyson ceased to publish for nearly ten years) published 1833 Aurther Hallam died suddenly in Vienna. 1833 Alfred's brother Edward was finally admitted to a mental asylum, where he stayed until his death in 1890 1833 Out of this awful year came t he start of In Memoriam: A.H.H., perhaps Alfred's most famous Timeline 1850 Tennyson succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate 1850In Memoriam: A.H.H. is published 06/13/1850 Alfred and Emily married in great secrecy 08/11/1852 Hallam Tennyson was born 03/16/1854 Lionel Tennyson was born 1859Idylls of the King (his epic on the story of King Arthur and Camelot) 1884 he became Lord Tennyson. The Queen wascontinually offering Alfred a baronetcy, which he had kept turning down 1886 his son Lionel died of fever while at sea 1889 Hallam's son Lionel was born, Alfred became a grandfather 1891 Alfred, Jr. was born to Hallam, giving Alfred another grandchild 10/06/1892 He died peacefully, apparently of gout, with his wife and son by his side

  20. Famous for the phrase: ‘Better to have loved and lost.’ In 1854, one of the most famous battles of military history was fought at Balaclava, in the Crimea. Upon reading reports of the disaster in the Times five weeks later, Tennyson wrote "The Charge of the Light Brigade," composing the poem while raking leaves, he later said, and taking both the phrase and the idea that "someone had blundered" from the newspaper account. In 1830, at the time Tennyson wrote The Kraken, on July 27, the July Revolution began in France. This was the overthrow of King Charles X (10th) from the throne. In the same year, on August 25th, the Belgian Revolution began. There was a conflict in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands that began with a riot in Brussels which eventually led to the establishment of an independent Roman Catholic and neutral Belgium.

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