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1. He Is not sure what to call this poem. Is it a poem, is it a vision or is it just a fragment ofhis dream.
2. Xanadu – a palace of great beauty was built here. Great natural beauty plus the beauty
of the palace.
3. Pleasure dome – a palace.
Decree – instruction. Kubla Kahn ordered the palace to be built.
4. Sacred – very important.
5. Measureless – it is so deep, man hasn’t been to this part of the cave. Cavern – deep cave
within the ground.
6. Sunless – shows how deep it is within the ocean that the sun does not reach down there.
Man has once again not discovered it.
7. Fertile – although it has caverns and is leading into the deep see, it is fertile and there
are many plants that are growing here.
8. Start talking about the palace.
Girdled – encloses and is circled around the palace.
9. Gardens bright – beautiful flowers bloom there.
Sinuous – twisted.
10. Incense – fragrances and smells that surround the tree.
11. Ancient – old and are part of the forest which has great history.
13. But oh – you cannot comprehend and you are overwhelmed. He is going to describe the
other things now.
Chasm – canyon – space between rocky areas.
Romantic – bringing in the nature of mystery. (Enchanted [line 15], Haunted [line 16])
15. A savage place – not a place that man could inhabit. (turn around from romance).
However, also holy and enchanted – many elements to this place.
Holy – sacred.
Enchanted – mystical.
16-17. An essence of magic.
17. Wailing – she is crying and is desperate for the demon lover.
Alliteration of ‘w’ – creates the sound of the woman crying.
18. Ceaseless turmoil – endless – there is something going to erupt.
19. Brings the earth to life – personification.
20-21. There is a burst of water – after the waiting for an eruption.
22. Fragments of rock came up with the water.
23-25. The rocks are being flung out of the sacred river.
24. Personification.
26. Meandering and mazy – shows that the river is travelling in different directions like a
maze.
27. Suggests that the sacred river ran through the forest as well.
Wood and dale – meadows and forests.
28. The river runs into these canyons.
29. Sank downward river. The river meets the river.
30.
31. Speaks about the fact that he is fighting his brother. The fight for power.
32-34. The vision of this palace that he wants to build is starting to fade. The vision wasn’t as
strong as it was before.
34-35. The surrounding of Xanadu is also fading away. He is unable to understand how he is
going to make this into a pleasure dome.
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