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... the contradictory landscape and what heaven looks like. Xanadu is the name of this fantastic realm where the Khan (a representation of God) decrees his stately pleasure-dome, where the sacred Alph river (holy water) flows down to the depthless caverns (infinite eternity), and where a fountain breaks through the rocky surface (representing the power of God. This astonishing imagery of the landscape ... ...
... , the poem itself is entitled from a Chinese hero during the Yuan Dynasty. The "Abyssinian maid"(39) is an African lady since Abyssinia is another name of Ethiopia. And the sacred Alph, in fact, is alliterated from the Greek word Alpha, which means the beginning. For this poem, the first three stanzas, in fact, is of imagination. All these imply that the ... ...
... 've got no reason You've got no reason You've got no reason now Kubla Khan by Samuel Coleridge In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were ... ...
