Abyssinian maid
E136177
The Abyssinian maid is a mysterious, enchanting figure in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan,” envisioned as a singing musician playing a dulcimer in a vivid, dreamlike vision.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Abyssinian maid canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
literary character ⓘ poetic figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| appearsInPublication | 1816 printed version of Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| appearsInSection | visionary fragment of Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| associatedTheme |
ecstatic vision
ⓘ
exoticism ⓘ lost inspiration ⓘ the sublime ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
dream
ⓘ
romantic imagination ⓘ vision ⓘ |
| createdBy | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| culturalOriginInText |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Abyssinia
|
| describedAs |
enchanting
ⓘ
mysterious ⓘ |
| describedBy | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | visionary apparition ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasArtisticSkill |
dulcimer playing
ⓘ
music performance ⓘ singing ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
music
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| inspires | speaker of Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romanticism ⓘ |
| mentionedInLine | "A damsel with a dulcimer" ⓘ |
| nationalityInText | Abyssinian ⓘ |
| perceivedBy | narrator of Kubla Khan ⓘ |
| playsInstrument | dulcimer ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Romantic vision of the East
ⓘ
dream imagery in Romantic poetry ⓘ muse figure in poetry ⓘ |
| role | musician ⓘ |
| settingType | imagined scene ⓘ |
| sings | yes ⓘ |
| singsOf | Mount Abora ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
artistic muse
ⓘ
creative imagination ⓘ poetic inspiration ⓘ |
| workForm | poem ⓘ |
| workGenre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
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