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Analysis Of Kubla Khan

Analysis of Kubla Khan
The poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Coleridge describes images from the poet’s imagination. Using wide vocabulary to show images, the poet communicates to the reader the extent of his imagination. The language used throughout the poem describes these images in his dream. The location where Kubla Khan resides is an imaginary place known as Xanadu. The landscape surrounding Kubla's domain is wild and untamed. The first stanza describes the beauty and mystery of Xanadu with rich and exotic images. The poet says “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree:”(1-2). The first two lines talks about the “pleasure-dome” in Xanadu. This “pleasure-dome” was where he lived and ruled. “Where Alph, the sacred river ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea”(3-5). This talks about mystery of the area. Alph, first letter of the greek alphabet, being the name of the sacred river, running through endless caverns up to......


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