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Kubla Khan. Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment. Down to a sunless sea. Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! By woman wailing for her demon-lover! It flung up momently the sacred river. Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Most modern critics now view Kubla Khan as one of Coleridge's three great poems, along with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel. The poem is considered one of the most famous examples of Romanticism in English poetry, and is one of the most frequently anthologized poems in the English language. [1]
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A fragment of a visionary poem inspired by a dream, Kubla Khan describes a fantastical pleasure dome and a sacred river in Xanadu. The poem explores themes of dreams, history, myth, nature, and the sublime.
A poem by Samuel Coleridge about a vision of a pleasure palace in a dream. The poem explores themes of creativity, violence, and the limits of poetry. Learn the line-by-line explanation, symbols, poetic devices, and more from LitCharts.
Learn about the dream vision of Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan, inspired by a travel book and opium. Explore the themes, imagery, and musical effects of this Romantic masterpiece.
Read the full text of Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan, inspired by a dream and opium, and explore its historical and literary contexts. Learn about the poem's themes, images, and allusions with annotations and commentary.
Read the full text and listen to the audio of Kubla Khan, a fragmentary poem inspired by an opium dream. Learn about the poem's structure, themes, and historical context from the Poetry Archive's introduction.
