Alph
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Alph is the legendary river that flows through the caverns and sunless sea in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem "Kubla Khan."
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional river
ⓘ
mythical place ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Kubla Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kubla Khan (character)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pleasure-dome ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
limits of human understanding
ⓘ
nature’s power and mystery ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | the sunny pleasure-dome above ground ⓘ |
| createdInYear | circa 1797–1798 ⓘ |
| describedAs | sacred river ⓘ |
| describedByAuthor | Samuel Taylor Coleridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evokesMood |
awe
ⓘ
terror ⓘ wonder ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInYear | 1816 ⓘ |
| flowsInto | sunless sea ⓘ |
| flowsThrough |
caverns
ⓘ
caverns measureless to man ⓘ measureless caverns ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
mysterious
ⓘ
sacred ⓘ sublime ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently cited in literary criticism of Romantic poetry
ⓘ
referenced in later literature and popular culture ⓘ |
| hasDirectionOfFlow | from the gardens of Xanadu to the sunless sea ⓘ |
| hasForm | river running underground through caverns ⓘ |
| hasMeterContext | irregular iambic tetrameter and pentameter lines ⓘ |
| hasRole | central landscape feature in "Kubla Khan" ⓘ |
| hasTextualSource | "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Coleridge’s opium-influenced dream (as reported by Coleridge) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalRegion | Xanadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | poetry ⓘ |
| mentionedInLine | "Where Alph, the sacred river, ran" ⓘ |
| nameAlludesTo | classical-sounding or exotic river names ⓘ |
| partOf | imaginary geography of Xanadu ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gothic landscape motifs
ⓘ
Romantic nature imagery ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Romanticism scholarship
ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ symbolism and myth criticism ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
creative inspiration
ⓘ
mystery and the unknown ⓘ the power of imagination ⓘ the unconscious mind ⓘ |
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