In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless
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EXTRA COMMENT: This brilliant gem of the genius poet deserves TEN Points,5 Stars TOPscore and myriad more! Truly he does not deserve as stated above, of course not! . I have enjoyed tremendously this gem by this genius poet.
LAST Response: dominate, and control nature. In this sense, the river begins with rationality—the reasonable parts of the human mind. The river ends, however, in icy caverns, 'measureless to man
3) where that creativity actually comes from. The river begins close to Kubla Khan's 'gardens, ' which is important because, at the time the poem was written, gardens often served as symbols of reason: they represent people's power to organize,
CONTINUED 2) which is both the model for and the source of human beings' creativity. The speaker then describes the river's course in detail. Along the way, the river is not just a symbol of human creativity: it also provides a map of the human mind, showing
God describes Himself as the "Alpha and the Omega"—the first and the last, the source of all things and their end. In this sense, the river's name hints that it is symbolically aligned with God's creative power—.
One of the greatest poem of ST Coleridge. I love this poem always
A grteat poem from a great Poet.5 Stars for this excellent pom
Magnificent poem with superb imagery. So beautifully written and well executed. I concur with the comment of Clyde King.
His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
This poem came from a prosodic genius. A 3.8 star rating is an insult to this great 19th century British poet.
So beautiful poem from the great poet I likes
Reading this beautiful poem again I couldn't but help of climate change and the catastrophes it brings to some man made majestic constructions.Even the glaciers can't escape that ominous wreath of Nature.
This is the Poem that has inspired me to think of writing Poetry and has made me also a Poet in the world!