Poetry: Kublan Khan
BY S. T. Coloridge
Subject: Literature-in-English
Theme: Prose
Topic: Kublan Khan By Samuel Taylor Coloridge
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Class: S.S 3
Average Age: 13 years and above
Duration: 35 Minutes
No of Learners: 40
Background of the Poetry
The Author, S. T, Coloridge was a 19th century romantic poet who occasionally would resort to opium an aid to his creative activities. Kubla Khan was written under such influence. Coloridge was rich and travel widely. Poem: Kubla khan presents romance in a strange and unusual way, therefore, the supernatural and mysterious elements are prominent features of the poem.Subject matter:
Physical description of the capital city Xanadu built at the instance of Kubla Khan's version of his ancestors. Description of pleasure palace that reminds the poet of an Abyssinian girl who songs to invoke his imaginative ability.Theme:
1. Nature of the poet's imagination2. Poet’s ability to use the objects of his dreams to create.