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Kubla Khan by samuel taylor coleridge (glossary (Kubla khan =the founder…
Kubla Khan by
samuel taylor coleridge
glossary
Kubla khan
=the founder of the mongol empire in the 13th century
Girdled
=encircled
Athwart a cedarn cover
= across a cedar forst
half-intermitted
=half-interrupted
sinuous rills
=winding streams
momently
= moment by moment
mingled measure
= blended music /sound
Rare device
= outstanding ingenuity
dulcimer
= harp-like instrument
Mount Abora
= perhaps Mount Abora in Abyssinia where, according to legend, true Paradise was found
Xanadu, Alph and Mount Abora
= these are modifications of exotic geographical names that Coleridge had
read abou
form
The chant-like, musical incantations of “Kubla Khan” result from Coleridge’s masterful use of iambic tetrameter and
alternating rhyme schemes
stanza
1
describes the kingdom of kubla khan
mythical city of xanadu
sacred river
fertile grounds
subterranean caves
2
3
theme
mood and tone