What is the full title of the poem "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

A

Kubla Khan: A Romantic Vision

B

Kubla Khan: An Epic Fragment

C

Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream

D

Kubla Khan: A Tale of Xanadu

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Full Title: Kubla Khan: A Vision in a Dream by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Kubla Khan:

  • A Romantic poem inspired by Coleridge’s opium-influenced vision; many lines were reportedly received in a dream.

  • Some literary scholars suggest its main theme explores the nature of human genius.

  • The poem depicts Kubla Khan as a powerful ruler capable of commanding the construction of a magnificent pleasure dome, complete with caves of ice—a miraculous creation achieved by his mere command.

  • Historically, Kubla Khan refers to Emperor Shizu of Yuan, the fifth Khagan-emperor, who reigned from 1260 to 1294.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

  • A British poet, English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher.

  • Co-authored Lyrical Ballads with William Wordsworth, marking the beginning of the English Romantic movement.

  • His Biographia Literaria (1817) is a landmark work of literary criticism from the Romantic period.

Notable Works:

  • Biographia Literaria

  • Christabel

  • Dejection: An Ode

  • Frost at Midnight

  • Kubla Khan

  • Lyrical Ballads

  • On the Constitution of the Church and State

  • The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Source: Britannica

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