12th English Elective Poetry 4. Kubla Khan Or A Vision In A Dream - S.T. Coleridge
12th English Elective Poetry 4. Kubla Khan Or A Vision In A Dream - S.T. Coleridge
प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class - 12 English Elective 4.
Kubla Khan Or A Vision In A Dream - S.T. Coleridge Q1. Does the poem have a real geographical location? How does
the poet mix up the real and the imaginary to give a sense of the surreal? Ans-
Yes, the poem has a real geographical location. Kubla Khan ordered a
magnificent pleasure dome to be built for him in Xanadu. Xanadu is located in
China. It was the summer capital of Kubla Khan and from this place Kubla Khan
established the Yuan dynasty that ruled China over a century. Then in the last
stanza there is a reference of an abyssinian maid playing her dulcimer.
Abyssinia is now called Ethiopia which is in Africa. The
poet describes Kubla Khan's pleasure dome. This dome was a specimen of rare
architectural skill- it had sunny domes with caves of ice. The description of
the landscape is very vivid and precise. The bright garden and sinuous rills,
the incense bearing trees laden with sweet bloss…
