KUBLA KHAN BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE - SUMMARY

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Khan (composed in 1798 but published posthumously in 1860) is a supernatural poem based on a vivid dream where the poet witnessed Kubla Khan's mythical pleasure-dome in Xanadu, surrounded by a sacred river flowing through measureless caves to a sunless sea; the poem describes the palace's gardens, forests, and the violent fountain that throws rocks, while Coleridge interrupts his composition when interrupted by a visitor, leaving only a fragment of his dream-vision.