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Analysis of Kubla Khan by Samuel Coleridge
Trinity Koski Koski 1
Andrea Hooper
English 2013, Section 30
29 April 2003
Analysis of “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Coleridge
“Kubla Khan, written by Samuel Coleridge in 1797 and published in 1816, has represented an opportunity for many writers to study connotation within a given theme. One interesting interpretation of Coleridge’s “vision in a dream” (Coleridge) is that the entire poem can be seen as an allusion to the author’s own life. Connotation plays an important role in carrying out this theme.
Samuel Coleridge suffered great physical and emotional pain and was addicted to opium (Brians 89). There is present throughout this work a mystical, dreamy effect created by the use of alliteration; this effect is not unlike what one might experience during an opium dream ( http://www.drug-rehabs.org ).
Coleridge alludes to his own life throughout the poem. Using symbolism to make the allu...
Trinity Koski Koski 1
Andrea Hooper
English 2013, Section 30
29 April 2003
Analysis of “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Coleridge
“Kubla Khan, written by Samuel Coleridge in 1797 and published in 1816, has represented an opportunity for many writers to study connotation within a given theme. One interesting interpretation of Coleridge’s “vision in a dream” (Coleridge) is that the entire poem can be seen as an allusion to the author’s own life. Connotation plays an important role in carrying out this theme.
Samuel Coleridge suffered great physical and emotional pain and was addicted to opium (Brians 89). There is present throughout this work a mystical, dreamy effect created by the use of alliteration; this effect is not unlike what one might experience during an opium dream ( http://www.drug-rehabs.org ).
Coleridge alludes to his own life throughout the poem. Using symbolism to make the allu...
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