English Literature Romantic Poetry Samuel Taylor Coleridge Selected Poems Kubla Khan Brief Questions
English Literature Romantic Poetry
S. T. Coleridge Selected Poems: Kubla Khan. Brief Questions with Answers
English Literature Romantic Poetry
S. T. Coleridge Selected Poems: Kubla Khan. Brief Questions with Answers B.Q: 1-44
Q.1. When was Kubla Khan written and published?
Ans. Kubla Khan was written in 1798 and published in 1816.
Q.2. How was the poem Kubla Khan described by Coleridge?
Ans. The poem was described by Coleridge himself as 'A vision in a Dream, a Fragment'.
Q.3. How did the whole poem, Kubla Khan come to the poet?
Ans. The whole poem came to the poet while he was in a dream under the influence of opium.
Q.4. Why did Coleridge regard Kubla Khan a fragment?
Ans. The whole poem came to him in a dream. When he woke up he was able to write down only the fifty-four lines. Then he was interrupted by someone and could not recaptures the words and images of the dream. So, the poet regarded it as a fragment.
Q.5. Why has Kubla Khan been called a dream poem?
Ans. The whole poem came to the poet in a dream and the poem has a quality of jumpiness. For this reason, it has been called a dream poem.
Q.6. At whose request did the poet publish the poem Kuble Khan?
Ans. Coleridge published the poem Kubla Khan at the request of Lord Byron, another romantic poet.
Q.7. What is the source of the poem Kubla Khan?
Ans. The source of the poem is a travel book, Purchas's 'Pilgrimage'.
Q.8. Who was Kubla Khan?
Ans. Kubla Khan was a historical figure. He was the grandson of Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongolian Empire. Kubla Khan ruled from 1257 to 1294. As a great conqueror, he completed the subjugation of China.
Q.9. What did Kubla Khan order?
Ans. Kubla Khan ordered a pleasure house to be built for him in Xanadu on the bank of the sacred river, the Alph.
Q.10. What is Xanadu?
Ans. Xanadu was the summer capital of Kubla Khan.
Q.11. What were the variant spellings of Xanadu"?
Ans. Xanadu was also spelt as Xandu, Xamdu and Xaindu.
Q.12. What is meant by the 'pleasure-dome"?Ans. It means a pleasure-house with a dome; a house to which one retires for recreation or pleasure. Thus it is meant to be a place of enjoyment.
Q.13. What is the Alph?
Ans. It is the name of a river, perhaps a contraction of Alpheus, a river of Arcadia in Greece.
Q.14. Why is the Alph considered to be a sacred river?
Ans. The features of the river are similar to those of the Nile which the Egyptians considered sacred because of its waters fertilizing and the soil. So the Alph is considered to be a sacred river.
Q.15. What does 'the sacred river' symbolize?
Ans. The sacred river' symbolizes life.
Q.16. How did the Alph flow?
Ans. The Alph flowed through immeasurably deep caves and sank into the dark waters of the sea.
Q.17. What does 'a sunless sea' signify?
Ans. 'A sunless sea' signifies an 'infinity of death'.
Q.18. What kind of area was chosen for building the pleasure dome?
Ans. An area of ten square fertile land enclosed by walls and towers was chosen for building the pleasure-dome.
Q.19. What did the place chosen for building the pleasure-dome have?
Ans. The place chosen for building the pleasure-dome had bright gardens, winding streams, aromatic trees and old forests.
Q.20. What is meant by 'sinuous rills"?
Ans. It means small streams following a winding/ zigzag course.
Q.21. What is chasm? Why is it called romantic?
Ans. Chasm is a deep hollow on the surface of the earth. It is said to be romantic because it arouses feelings of awe, mystery and strangeness.
Q.22. How did the chasm run down?
Ans. The chasm ran down the slope of a green hill across a wood of cedar tree.
Q.23. What is cedar?
Ans. The cedar is a large evergreen tree remarkable for the durability and fragrance of its wood.
Q.24. Why is the place chosen for pleasure-dome considered 'a savage place"?Ans. The place chosen for pleasure-dome is considered 'a savage place' because it could fill one with fear and dread.
Q.25. What do the words 'holy' and 'enchanted' suggest?
Ans. The words suggest all the terrors of magic and witchcraft.
Q.26. 'As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted. For what the 'waning moon' is considered suitable?
Ans. The 'waning moon' is considered suitable for magic and witchcraft.
Q.27. For whom was the woman wailing?Ans. The woman was wailing for her demon-lover who deserted her after having made love to her.
Q.28. What gushed out of the chasm?
Ans. A powerful fountain of water gushed out of the chasm of momentary intervals making an incessant roaring sound.
Q.29. How did the fountain/ spring look like?Ans. The fountain/ spring which emitted huge masses of water looked like the gasping earth.
Q.30. What did the huge masses of water from the spring do?
Ans. The huge masses of water from the spring threw up large fragments of rocks that fell on the earth and rebounded like hailstones striking the earth.
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