Romantic Era Poems and Literature
poem evolves as a dreamscape, also a common element in Romantic literature. The poet even admits to the entire “vision,” romanticizing the “damsel with a dulcimer” in the third and final stanza. Juxtaposing fire and ice, Coleridge refers to the “milk of Paradise,” again using imagery that is filled with binaries and duality as well as sexuality. 2. The poetic imagination is what makes Coleridge’s poem “Kubla Khan” timeless and evocative. The poet takes a historical figure, the Kubla Khan, and transforms him into a mythical creature who created a timeless fantasy world available for poets to contemplate. Using the… Continue Reading...