Exploring the Main Theme of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poem “Kubla Khan” and Its “Preface”

Authors

  • Mutasem Tawfiq Al-Khader

Keywords:

Main Theme, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poem, “Kubla Khan”,

Abstract

There are two main purposes for this paper. The first is an analysis of the

“Preface” of “Kubla Khan,” which attracts critics’ attention and confounds

them, as the poem proves it is symbolic and reflects the poem itself. The

second is to explore the profundity of the poem and its main theme, which

is poetic creativity and its antithetical elements by studying the images in

the poem. Furthermore, the study seeks to demonstrate that the characters in

“Kubla Khan” serve as creators each of whom reflects the creative poet. This

paper proves that the poem is an organic entity, although it seems that there is

a hiatus between lines 36 and 37.

Published

2017-07-12

How to Cite

Al-Khader, M. T. (2017). Exploring the Main Theme of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Poem “Kubla Khan” and Its “Preface”. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 1(28). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/1268

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