Kubla Khan
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+ | In [[Xanadu]] did Kubla Khan<br> | ||
+ | A stately [[Pleasuredome|pleasure-dome]] decree:<br> | ||
+ | Where Alph, the sacred river, ran<br> | ||
+ | Through caverns measureless to man<br> | ||
+ | Down to a sunless sea.<br> | ||
+ | --"[[Kubla Khan|Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment]] by Samuel Taylor Coleridge | ||
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- | '''''Kubla Khan, or a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment.''''' is a famous [[poem]] by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], which takes its title from the [[Mongol Empire|Mongol]] and [[China|Chinese]] [[Chinese sovereign|emperor]] [[Kublai Khan]] of the [[Yuan dynasty]]. Coleridge claimed he wrote the poem in the autumn of [[1797]] at a farmhouse near [[Exmoor]], England, but it may have been composed on one of a number of other visits to the farm. It also may have been revised a number of times before it was first published in [[1816]]. | + | "'''Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment'''" is a poem written by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], completed in 1797 and published in 1816. According to Coleridge's Preface to "Kubla Khan", the poem was composed one night after he experienced an [[opium]]-influenced dream after reading a work describing [[Shangdu|Xanadu]], the summer palace of the [[Mongol]] ruler and Emperor of China [[Kublai Khan]]. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by [[Person from Porlock|a person from Porlock]]. The poem could not be completed according to its original 200–300 line plan as the interruption caused him to forget the lines. He left it unpublished and kept it for private readings for his friends until 1816 when, at the prompting of [[Lord Byron]], it was published. |
- | The poem's opening lines are often quoted, and it introduces the name [[Xanadu]] (or Shangdu, the summer palace of Kublai Khan): | + | Some of Coleridge's contemporaries denounced the poem and questioned his story of its origin. It was not until years later that critics began to openly admire the poem. 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 (poem)|Christabel]]''. The poem is considered one of the most famous examples of [[Romanticism]] in English poetry. A copy of the manuscript is a permanent exhibit at the [[British Museum]] in London. |
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"Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. According to Coleridge's Preface to "Kubla Khan", the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by a person from Porlock. The poem could not be completed according to its original 200–300 line plan as the interruption caused him to forget the lines. He left it unpublished and kept it for private readings for his friends until 1816 when, at the prompting of Lord Byron, it was published.
Some of Coleridge's contemporaries denounced the poem and questioned his story of its origin. It was not until years later that critics began to openly admire the poem. 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. A copy of the manuscript is a permanent exhibit at the British Museum in London.