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Kubla Khan - Notes
Kubla Khan - Notes
The poem had its genesis in his dream, the poem possesses the
characteristics of the dream. The poem lacks consistency of
ideas it contains no story and no moral but the dream element
and haunting music makes it a thing of joy.
Some critics have tried to take Coleridge to task for the faulty
construction of Kubla Khan. The first part gives us the picture
of a pleasure dome which Kubla Khan ordered to be built in
Xanadu. It stood on a beautiful place, a wild and savage place.
The sacred river originated from a hill in the background, it
meandered for five miles and then fell into a lifeless ocean. In
the midst of all the tumult Kubla heard from far the ancestral
voices prophesying war.