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 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
sacred river Alph
this entity surface form:
sacred river Alph