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Kubla Khan

1. What kind of poem is Kubla Khan?

Ans: Kubla Khan is a romantic dream poem.

2. Why is “Kubla Khan” called a dream Poem?

Ans: Kubla Khan is called a dream poem because it has the quality of jumpiness. Moreover it came to the poet in his dream.

3. Why did S. T. Coleridge take opium?

Ans: S. T. Coleridge used to take opium as a dose to get relief from the pain of swelling in his knees.

4. Who was Kubla Khan?

Ans: Kubla Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan. He was the first emperor of Yuan dynasty.

5. What is the setting of 'Kbula Khan'?

Ans: Xanadu is the setting of Kubla Khan.

6. Where is Xanadu?

Ans: Xanadu is situated in Inner Mongolia in north China.

7. What is the name of the river that Coleridge mentions in Kubla Khan?

Ans: The name of the river that Coleridge mentions in Kubla Khan is Alph.

8. What is the Alph?

Ans: The Alph in Kubla Khan is an imaginary sacred river that ran through the caverns of Xanadu.

9. What does 'the sacred river' symbolise?

Ans: ‘The sacred river’ symbolizes life.

10. What does 'a sunless sea' signify in "Kubla khan"? [NU 2018]

Ans: In "Kubla khan", 'a sunless sea' signifies ‘death’.

11. For whom was the woman wailing in Kubla Khan?

Ans: The woman was wailing for her demon lover in “Kubla Khan”.

12. What is the central image in the poem 'Kubla Khan'?

Ans: The central image in the poem 'Kubla Khan' is the ‘pleasure-doom’.

13. What is meant by the pleasure dome?

Ans: The pleasure dome means a large building or place exclusively used for getting entertainment or recreation.

14. What is the specialty of the pleasure dome?

Ans: The specialty of the pleasure dome is that it is cold inside but sunny outside.

15. What was the Abyssinian maid doing?

Ans: The Abyssinian maid was playing on a dulcimer and singing of Mount Abora.

16. What is a 'dulcimer'? [NU 2018]

Ans: Dulcimer is a musical instrument.

17. Where will the poet combine the architecture of the dome with the music of the dulcimer?

Ans: The poet will combine the architecture of the dome with the music of the dulcimer in his own creation of the dome of poetry.