Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" (Xanadu)

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" is a famous Romantic-era work that vividly depicts the exotic, dreamlike pleasure-dome of Xanadu and has become iconic for its rich imagery and fragmentary, visionary quality.

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Generate an image of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" (Xanadu) (Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" is a famous Romantic-era work that vividly depicts the exotic, dreamlike pleasure-dome of Xanadu and has become iconic for its rich imagery and fragmentary, visionary quality.)

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instanceOf Romantic poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alternativeTitle Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream ⓘ
linked to: Kubla Khan

Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment ⓘ
linked to: Kubla Khan
associatedConcept Xanadu as an idealized, exotic paradise ⓘ
poetic inspiration as trance or dream ⓘ
author Samuel Taylor Coleridge ⓘ
basedOn Kublai Khan ⓘ
compositionDate 1797 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation celebrated for rich, dreamlike imagery ⓘ
one of the most famous poems of English Romanticism ⓘ
describedAs fragment ⓘ
vision in a dream ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1816 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep ⓘ
form accentual verse ⓘ
irregular meter ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
visionary poem ⓘ
hasParatext Coleridge’s preface describing an interrupted opium dream ⓘ
influenceOnCulture popularized the name Xanadu in Western culture ⓘ
influenceOnLiterature inspired numerous later Romantic and modernist writers ⓘ
inspiredBy Samuel Purchas’s travel book Purchas, His Pilgrimage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lineCount 54 ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainCharacter Kublai Khan ⓘ
meter variable iambic and accentual patterns ⓘ
notableImage Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer ⓘ
caverns measureless to man ⓘ
pleasure-dome ⓘ
sunless sea ⓘ
openingLine In Xanadu did Kubla Khan ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
placeOfComposition near Porlock, Somerset ⓘ
publisher John Murray ⓘ
rhymeScheme irregular rhyme scheme ⓘ
setting Xanadu ⓘ
pleasure-dome of Xanadu ⓘ
structure two main movements ⓘ
subjectMatter Kublai Khan’s decree to build a stately pleasure-dome in Xanadu ⓘ
theme creative power ⓘ
exoticism ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
nature and the sublime ⓘ
the limits of artistic creation ⓘ
title Kubla Khan ⓘ

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Xanadu hypertext system → hasNameOrigin → Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" (Xanadu) ⓘ
Kubla Khan → firstPublishedIn → Christabel; Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" (Xanadu)
pleasure-dome of Xanadu → appearsIn → "Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream" ⓘ
linked to: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" (Xanadu)