The Kraken
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The first thing that came to mind when reading this piece was how it seemed to point to a kind of end of times sort of theme. It wasn't openly mentioned, but definitely implied. This included mythological and biblical reference, or at least small implications to them. The image of the Kraken itself made me think of Leviathan, the mythical creature from the Bible that is thought to have swallowed Jonah and that appears several times in the end of times scenario in Revelation. Also, there were multiple references to an abyss, which courtesy of Dante's Inferno, bring to mind images of Hell.
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I am completely jazzed that you drew the comparison to Dante's Inferno and his infamous abyss. Oddly enough, though, I thought the image of the Kraken was much less peaceful than the Inferno. The Kraken as a poem, to me, represented a time of change. This monster of society was plunging into an abyss, the ominous idea of Hell, and it seems the narrator is just sort of forced to sit back and watch as the world around him was morphing into something rather gruesome, which I can only imagine encapsulated the author's feelings toward the Industrial Revolution and the shift away from the more serene, country life which I am sure was more conducive to a poetic lifestyle. So, really, The Kraken is even more eerie than one of the most famous depictions of Hell. Cheery thought, indeed.
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