Language in Coleridge Poem Kubla Khan

Introduction of the poem :

"Kubla Khan", whose complete title is "Kubla Khan, or a Vision in a Dream is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It is a poem of expression and helps suggest mystery, supernatural, and mystical themes. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's “Kubla Khan” is a lyric poem centering on the author's response to a dream. According to the author's introduction to the poem, he had the dream in the summer of 1797 and composed the poem after waking up. Coleridge published the poem in 1816. The poem therefore, centers in part on the dream itself and then on the author's response to the disappearance of its images.

Theme of the poem:

The theme of the poem is the author's fascination with a dream vision and with its rendering into poetry. The poem describes the dream, a vision of Kubla Khan's summer residence and its environs, and then centers on the poet's desire to remember all the details of the dream.

Short summary of the poem:

This poem describes Xanadu, the palace of Kubla Khan. The speaker starts by describing the setting of Emperor's palace, which he calls a "pleasure dome." He tells us about a river that runs across the land and then flows through some underground caves and into the sea. He also tells us about the fertile land that surrounds the palace. The nearby area is covered in streams, sweet-smelling trees, and beautiful forests. Then the speaker gets excited about the river again and tells us about the canyon through which it flows. He makes it into a spooky, haunted place, where you might find a "woman wailing for her demon lover." He describes how the river leaps and smashes through the canyon, first exploding up into a noisy fountain and then finally sinking down and flowing through those underground caves into the ocean far away. The...