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Kubla Khan (S.T Coleridge)

CBSE · Class 12 · English

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1. Poet and Literary Background

  • S.T. Coleridge was imaginative even as a child.
  • He studied at Cambridge.
  • He met Wordsworth in 1797.
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2. Historical and Narrative Frame

  • Kubla Khan founded the Mongol dynasty in China in the thirteenth century.
  • The poem opens with Kubla Khan decreeing a stately pleasure-dome in Xanadu.
  • The sacred river Alph runs through caverns measureless to man and down to a sunless sea.
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3. Dream Vision and Incompleteness

  • In 1797, Coleridge fell ill and was prescribed medicine.
  • After taking the medicine, he fell asleep in his chair while reading about Kubla Khan.
  • He slept for three hours and had a wonderful dream.
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4. Major Images and Contrasts

  • The poem is full of contrasting images.
  • It joins fertility with barrenness, brightness with darkness, motion with stillness, and pleasure with fear.
  • The pleasure-dome is described as sunny, while the caves are made of ice.

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Kubla Khan is presented asAlph runs through caverns measurelessThe pleasureThe chasm is savageA mighty fountain bursts from

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