Similar Themes in The Krakne by Tennyson and Carroll´s Jabberwocky

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Tennyson and Carroll employ the same poetic techniques, such as third person narration, rhyme, manipulation of rhythm and meter, and descriptive language. However, each poet manipulates these techniques to represent their monsters as very different beasts. Both monsters are depicted, not through in-depth physical description, but through colourful imagery. Carroll gives some direct description, through metaphor, explaining that the Jabberwocky has "eyes of flame" (Carroll, in Muldoon, 1998, pp.135-136), but much of its nature is conveyed through action. He tells us that the Jabberwocky "came whiffling", and that it "burbled as it came" (Carroll, in Muldoon, 1998, pp.135-136). Although these descriptions are given in nonsense verse, they still create imagery of a wild, active creature by using verbs as the primary source of depiction. Tennyson, on the other hand, represents his Kraken by explaining the impact on it's surroundings. He says that "faintest sunlights flee" (Tennyson, in Muldoon, 1998, p139) from it, giving us a description of it's dark lair, while simultaneously personi...

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