Analysis of OUT OF THE DEEPS: THE KRAKEN WAKES
In the days of old, till the ‘70s
The story of the kraken was regarded as myth,
But as fishing nets hauled the monsters up
Reluctant sceptics have had to admit:
Admit to the fact of a tentacled brute
Pulling sailors from lifeboats to eat,
In both the World Wars survivors reported
The sheer horrors floating up from the deeps.
Both Allies and Axis soldiers
Told tales of the monsters they’d seen,
Of giant tentacles pulling men to their deaths
Great, lidless eyes filling survivors with fear.
With a great pointed, cone-like head
Like horrid Lovecraftean beasts,
Devouring blood-soaked sailors
As they partake in unholy feasts.
Now the great kraken of old
Is just called a giant squid,
Though that cannot dampen the horror
Of the human feasting they did.
In the years since 1973
The kraken dredged up number 30 or 35,
And although interesting in a horrific way
I’m relieved none have been captured alive.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXXX XXXA BXXX XCBC XDXD XXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00111101 010101101011 1110110101 010111101 011011011 10101111 0101101010 0110101101 11001010 11101011 110100101111 1111001011 10110111 11011 01001110 110100101 101111 1110101 111010010 10101011 0011 0111101 01100000101 1011111001 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 956 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
A how poem about evil from the deep. Dedicated to the memory of John Wyndham 1903-1969.
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Written on January 11, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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