This excerpt of Kubla Khan tells how the emperor is telling his men on the details for the new palace. The lines “In Xanadu did KUBLA KHAN/ A stately pleasure-dome decree” (342) He tells the exact location of where he wishes the palace to be. He continues to explain the surrounding landscape and the “walls and towers” (342) are to be girdled round. He goes on to explain other scenic views; the next thing he does is talk about the chasm which “slanted / Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover” (342). Coleridge seems to illustrate a place where a woman’s lover has been taken from her. I like when Coleridge writes all the details in which where the damsel is at; when she starts singing it seems that we are on a journey to find where she is and what we must go through to get to her.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Joe,
ReplyDeleteThis post seems to be better focused and supported than your previous ones. Although the poem is not an excerpt (this is all Coleridge wrote), your other statements about it seem insightful.
I thought this was one of my favorite poems to read this semester, I liked the seemingly random shifts from kublah khan to the woman and how it all makes sense in the end!
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