Kubla Khan
... Coleridge Kubla Khan The famous romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote this poem in the summer of the year 1797 in a bad health. ... Summary: Coleridge starts his poem by describing the place which Kubla Khan should be constructed on, and begins to describe the landscape; saying that there is a holy river runs, called Alph, through ten miles of lush ground and delight green gardens. ... Commentary: I think that Kubla Khan, the palace that should be built, is a vision in a dream, so it is an imaginative poem. ... In addition, Kubla Khan helped to define the intimate emotionalism of romanticism.