Kubla Khan
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"Kubla Khan" is a famous unfinished poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, celebrated for its vivid, dreamlike imagery and exploration of the creative imagination.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment | 2 |
| Kubla Khan (poem) | 1 |
| Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream | 1 |
| poem "Kubla Khan" | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReputation |
celebrated for dreamlike imagery
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one of Coleridge’s most famous poems ⓘ widely anthologized ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1816 ⓘ |
| genre | Romantic poetry ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine |
A stately pleasure-dome decree
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A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice ⓘ In Xanadu did Kubla Khan ⓘ caverns measureless to man ⓘ |
| hasImagery |
caves of ice
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exotic landscape ⓘ meandering river Alph ⓘ
surface form:
sacred river Alph
|
| hasInterpretation |
often interpreted as a meditation on lost inspiration
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often read as an allegory of poetic creation ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Kublai Khan ⓘ |
| hasPart |
description of Xanadu
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reflection on poetic creation ⓘ Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer ⓘ
surface form:
vision of the Abyssinian maid
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| includedIn | 1816 volume Christabel; Kubla Khan, A Vision; The Pains of Sleep ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Romantic poets
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modern literary criticism of imagination ⓘ symbolist poets ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Samuel Purchas’s travel book
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opium-influenced dream ⓘ |
| isUnfinished | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCountApproximate | 54 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | fragment ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Romanticism ⓘ |
| meter | irregular meter ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular rhyme scheme ⓘ |
| setting | Xanadu ⓘ |
| settingDescription |
caverns measureless to man
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pleasure-dome ⓘ sunless sea ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
imaginary palace of Kublai Khan
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visionary landscape ⓘ |
| theme |
artistic inspiration
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creative imagination ⓘ nature and the sublime ⓘ the fragility of artistic vision ⓘ the power of the imagination ⓘ |
| writtenInYear |
1797
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1798 ⓘ |
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Kubla Khan
this entity surface form:
Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream
subject surface form:
Kubla Khan
this entity surface form:
Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment
this entity surface form:
Kubla Khan (poem)
this entity surface form:
poem "Kubla Khan"
subject surface form:
Kubla Khan
this entity surface form:
Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment