1. KUBLA KHAN – SAMUEL TAYLOR
COLERIDGE
L.O: To work collaboratively and analyse the literary
and linguistic features of the poem.

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3. KUBLA KHAN (EXTRACT)
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A mighty fountain momently was forced;
A stately pleasure-dome decree Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail:
Through caverns measureless to man
And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
Down to a sunless sea. It flung up momently the sacred river.
So twice five miles of fertile ground Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
With walls and towers were girdled round: Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank, in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. The shadow of the dome of pleasure
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Floated midway on the waves;
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! Where was heard the mingled measure
A savage place! as holy and enchanted From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,

4. CONTEXT
 Samuel Coleridge
 1772 – 1834
 Coleridge is one of the most celebrated poets
from the Romantic period.
 Coleridge wrote this piece in the period from
1797 to 1798.
 Coleridge's inspiration for this poem was a drug-
induced slumber caused by opium, perhaps why
this poem is based the five human senses.
 The legend is that he dreamed over 300 lines
but he was interrupted by „the man from Porlock‟
so the poem remains incomplete.

5. CONTENT
 The theme of nature is introduced at the
beginning of the poem and is continued
throughout, with references to
rivers, water, dark, magical, unrealistic
surroundings.
 The poem could be considered a metaphor for
the way that Man tries to control Nature. A
man-made paradise is annihilated and replaced
with a “true” form of Nature in the form of a
“pleasure-dome with caves of ice!”

6. MEANING
 Write a paragraph explaining the meaning of Dulcimer
your section of the poem.
 You must be prepared to share your findings
with the rest of the class.

7. LANG LIT ANALYSIS
 Get into six different groups.
 Each group need to analyse the features from
the poem in the section they have been given.
 Use the relevant terminology and the cone
framework to help you know what to look for in
your area.
 You will be presenting your findings at the end of
the lesson.

8. REVIEW
 Present your findings.
 Take notes to complete your analysis of this
poem.