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5.9 Kubla Khan Introduction Kubla Khan, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment • completed in 1797 and published in 1816 • composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu • interrupted by a visitor and unfinished • consisting of 54 lines Kubla Khan • a poem about poetry • a fantastic description of the magnificent palace named pleasure-dome Analysis divided into three parts: • 1st part: line 1 to 11 give a description of the mysterious landscape in which the palace lies • 2nd part: line 12 to line 30 elaborate on the mysteriousness and gothicism of the landscape • 3rd part: line 31 to 54 focus on the poet’s wild imagination inspired by the landscape Kubla Khan Kubla Khan In Xanadu did Kubla Khan 忽必烈汗建立上都， A stately pleasure dome decree: 修起富丽的逍遥宫。 Where Alph, the sacred river, ran 那儿有神河阿尔浮， Through caverns measureless to man 流经深不可测的岩洞， Down to a sunless sea. 注入不见太阳的海中。 So twice five miles of fertile ground 那儿有十哩方圆的沃土， With walls and towers were girdled round: 城墙、高塔四面围绕， And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills 明媚的花园，曲折的小溪， Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, 丁香、豆蔻芳华四溢， Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. 树林像山丘一样古老， 环抱着阳光灿烂的草地。 But oh! that deep romantic chasm which 但沿着松柏苍苍的山坡 slanted 急转直下，却是悬崖深谷！ Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! as holy and enchanted 一片荒芜！好像施