This is an analysis of The Kraken by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Below the thunders of the upper deep,
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcddcXebaaeb
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 0101000101 1101000101 0101010001 0101010101 01010010111 11000100111 1101000101 01001011101 10001010100 11010101001 1111110101 10001110001 01010101101 1111110001 010111110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

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