By: D’Angelo Fabien 2B

 In Xanadu did Kubla Khan  A stately pleasure-dome decree:  Where Alph,° the sacred river, ran  Through caverns measureless to man  5 Down to a sunless sea.  So twice five miles of fertile ground  With walls and towers were girdled round:  And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,°  Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;  10 And here were forests ancient as the hills,  Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.  But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted  Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!°  A savage place! as holy and enchanted  15 As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted  By woman wailing for her demon-lover!  And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,  As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,  A mighty fountain momently° was forced:

 20 Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst  Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,  Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:°  And ’mid these dancing rocks at once and ever  It flung up momently the sacred river.  25 Five miles meandering with a mazy° motion  Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,  Then reached the caverns measureless to man,  And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:  And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far  30 Ancestral voices prophesying war!  The shadow of the dome of pleasure  Floated midway on the waves;  Where was heard the mingled measure°  From the fountain and the caves.  35 It was a miracle of rare device,  A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!  A damsel with a dulcimer°

 In a vision once I saw:  It was an Abyssinian° maid,  40 And on her dulcimer she played,  Singing of Mount Abora.°  Could I revive within me  Her symphony and song,  To such a deep delight ’twould win me,  45 That with music loud and long,  I would build that dome in air,  That sunny dome! those caves of ice!  And all who heard should see them there,  And all should cry, Beware! Beware!  50 His flashing eyes, his floating hair!  Weave a circle round him thrice,  And close your eyes with holy dread,  For he on honeydew hath fed,  And drunk the milk of Paradise.

 Samuel was born in 1772 and died in He has wife name, Sarah Fricker and has four kids. He was known as the English poet, literary critic and philosopher with his friend, William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote two famous poems: “Kubla Khan” and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

 According to the poem he wrote based on his own dream he had that is really beautiful setting. It was made during the Romantic Period in When he tried to write this poem, he was obviously famous interrupted. Also, the subtitle for the poem is “ A Vision in a Dream.”His "fragmentary vision" is considered to be part of the British Museum in London.

 The story is about a person who appear to be exploring around the beautiful surroundings. The theme of the poem is about dreams can take you anywhere, if you just picture it in your head. Dreams can only leads hints and clues in the poems or novels. Dreams can be also be illusion than to be real as appear inside your mind. The author wants the readers to know that having a active imagination can lead many opportunities. Although, he believe that having an active mind can also leads to terrible consequences, as well. (The source of the Sacred river)

1.Imagery: Example: “ A damsel with a dulcimer in a vision once I saw it was an Abyssian- maid, she played sing of mount of Aborai” Meaning: Kubla Khan saw a young women playing an instrument, while singing an song about the Mount Aborai.

2. Personification Example: “ Through wood and dale the sacred river ran” Meaning: It means that the sacred river is flowing down the stream. 3. Simile Example: “And here were forest ancient as the hills” Meaning: They’re comparing how old are the forest and the hills.

 "In Dreams“ by : ROY ORBISON A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper "Go to sleep. Everything is all right." I close my eyes, Then I drift away Into the magic night. I softly say A silent prayer like dreamers do. Then I fall asleep to dream My dreams of you. In dreams I walk with you. In dreams I talk to you. In dreams you're mine. All of the time we're together In dreams, In dreams. But just before the dawn, I awake and find you gone. I can't help it, I can't help it, if I cry. I remember that you said goodbye. It's too bad that all these things, Can only happen in my dreams Only in dreams In beautiful dreams.

 I choose “ In Dreams” as a theme song for my poem, “ Kubla Khan” because it involves with a good dreams settings just like in the poem. The song contain an great imagery form of an paradise just like in the poem.

 In conclusion, Samuel created this poem called the Kubla Khan in order to wants the readers to have an active imagination, so they will believe that their part of the story. Imagination can take you anywhere what you want based on a novels, comics, and even poems. Also, they can take you into different types of genres of the stories.