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"Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream" (/ ˈ k uː b l ə ˈ k ɑː n / [1]) is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816.
Thematically the poem is one of Coleridge's most cohesive constructs, with the narrative plot more explicit than previous works such as the fragmented Kubla Khan which tend to transcend traditional composure. Indeed, in many respects the consistency of the poem – most apparent from the structural formality and rhythmic rigidity (four ...
The "person on business from Porlock" was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem "Kubla Khan" in 1797. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly an opium-induced haze), but was interrupted by this visitor who came "on business from Porlock" while in the ...
To the Rev. George Coleridge Of Ottery St. Mary, Devon. With Some Poems. Notus in fratres animi paterni. - Hor "A blesséd lot hath he, who having passed" 1797 1797 On the Christening of a Friend's Child "This day among the faithful plac'd" 1797 1797 Translation of a Latin Inscription by the Rev. W. L. Bowles in Nether-Stowey Church
The Crewe manuscript is the only manuscript copy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan. [1] It is a holograph manuscript (i.e., written in Coleridge's own hand), from some time between the poem's composition in 1797 and its publication in 1816.
The poem received mixed reviews from critics, and Coleridge was once told by the publisher that most of the book's sales were to sailors who thought it was a naval songbook. Coleridge made several modifications to the poem over the years. In the second edition of Lyrical Ballads, published in 1800, he replaced many of the archaic words.
Coleridge told the most famous story that connects Coleridge's work with his opium usage in his well-known preface to the poem Kubla Khan. Coleridge wrote: Coleridge wrote: The author continued for about 3 hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which time he has the most vivid confidence, that he could not have ...
By his own account, Coleridge had Bartram's Travels in mind when he devised the exotic imagery in his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. [7] In Specimens of the Table Talk of S.T. Coleridge , Coleridge is noted as having said, "It is a work of high merit every way."