Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer

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literary character poetic figure symbolic figure visionary figure

The "Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer" is a visionary, musical figure from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan," symbolizing poetic inspiration and exotic beauty.

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vision of the Abyssinian maid 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf literary character ⓘ
poetic figure ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
visionary figure ⓘ
appearsInWork Kubla Khan ⓘ
associatedInstrument dulcimer ⓘ
associatedLocationInText Mount Abora ⓘ
associatedTheme exoticism in Romantic poetry ⓘ
the nature of artistic creation ⓘ
visionary experience ⓘ
creator Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
culturalContext British Romantic literature ⓘ
describedAs musical ⓘ
visionary ⓘ
describedIn Kubla Khan ⓘ
fictionalStatus fictional character ⓘ
firstPublicationOfWork 1816 ⓘ
functionInNarrative triggers the speaker’s desire to recreate the vision in verse ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
inspiredBy Coleridge’s opium-influenced vision (as traditionally interpreted) ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
medium poetry ⓘ
mentionedAs Abyssinian maid ⓘ
nationalityInText Abyssinian ⓘ
perceivedAs muse-like figure ⓘ
roleInWork source of poetic inspiration ⓘ
symbolizes creative ecstasy ⓘ
exotic beauty ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
poetic inspiration ⓘ
workAuthor Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
workGenre lyric poem ⓘ
workTitleFull Kubla Khan ⓘ
surface form: Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment

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Kubla Khan → hasPart → Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer ⓘ
this entity surface form: vision of the Abyssinian maid
subject surface form: Kubla Khan