whats going on in kubla khan
In 1798, a poet named Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem called "Kubla Khan". In his preface, he stated that he had dreamt the poem, and wrote it down just as it was "preserved". The speaker also stated that the poem is merely a fragment, it is not complete. "With the exception of about eight or ten scattered lines and images" that had been lost in the transition between sleep and being awake. In the first stanza, it seemed that the speaker was talking of a far away land, Xanadu. Kubla Khan was the leader of this land. This land had a sacred river running through it. It had many spots of greenery around it with forests that were almost "ancient". In lines one and two it says, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree". What could that mean? It could perhaps imply that Kubla Khan is a leader of some type, and he
The last couple of lines seem to be talking about Kubla Khan. ..."His flashing eyes, his floating hair..." ...It flung up momently the sacred river... "A mighty fountain momently was forced... After talking about the dome, the mask speaks of a damsel in the pleasure dome. The damsel was playing the dulcimer. The persona also says how the damsel could win his heart by playing the instrument. After those few off-set lines, the speaker goes on to say that he would build the dome in the sky, and that all that heard about it would see it there and yell "beware, beware!" To whom they would yell this is unclear. It seems, in lines 17-31, that there could possibly be a war started. It is never said why the war was started or if there in fact is really a war, but after that sequence of lines the speaker goes into another rant. He said that there was a "sunny pleas
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Approximate Word count = 594
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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