meandering river Alph

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The meandering river Alph is the legendary, subterranean river that winds through the dreamlike landscape of Xanadu in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
sacred river Alph 2
meandering river Alph canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional river ⓘ
literary location ⓘ
appearsIn Kubla Khan ⓘ
surface form: "Kubla Khan"
associatedPlace Xanadu ⓘ
associatedWith Kubla Khan (character) ⓘ
createdBy Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
culturalImpact frequently cited in discussions of visionary literature ⓘ
influenced later depictions of mystical rivers in literature ⓘ
describedAs cavern-meandering ⓘ
meandering ⓘ
romantic and dreamlike ⓘ
sacred ⓘ
subterranean ⓘ
sunless ⓘ
firstPublicationWork Kubla Khan ⓘ
surface form: "Kubla Khan" (1816)
flowsInto sunless sea ⓘ
flowsThrough Xanadu ⓘ
caverns measureless to man ⓘ
geographicalStatus non-real, fictional geography ⓘ
hasGenreContext visionary poem ⓘ
hasLineText "Down to a sunless sea" ⓘ
"Through caverns measureless to man" ⓘ
"Where Alph, the sacred river, ran" ⓘ
hasNotablePhrase "caverns measureless to man" ⓘ
"sunless sea" ⓘ
inspiredByContext Coleridge's opium-influenced dream ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literaryTradition English literature ⓘ
medium poem ⓘ
name Alph ⓘ
narrativeFunction contributes to the poem's dream-vision atmosphere ⓘ
organizes the spatial structure of Xanadu ⓘ
ontologyType mythopoetic river ⓘ
referencedAs sacred river Alph ⓘ
relatedConcept dream vision ⓘ
romantic imagination ⓘ
sublime nature ⓘ
relatedWork Biographia Literaria ⓘ
surface form: "Biographia Literaria" (context for Coleridge's poetics)
settingType imaginary landscape ⓘ
studiedIn Romantic poetry criticism ⓘ
symbolism and imagery in Coleridge ⓘ
symbolism creative imagination ⓘ
mystery and the sublime ⓘ
unconscious mind ⓘ
temporalSetting undefined or mythic time ⓘ
topographicalRole central feature of Xanadu ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

pleasure-dome of Xanadu → hasPart → meandering river Alph ⓘ
pleasure-dome of Xanadu → hasPart → meandering river Alph ⓘ
this entity surface form: sacred river Alph
Kubla Khan → hasImagery → meandering river Alph ⓘ
this entity surface form: sacred river Alph