Question

In your own words describe the tone created by Coleridge in these lines from "kubla Khan."

Answer 1

In the given lines, Coleridge presents an image of a supernatural yet frightening place which acts as a contrast to the man-made palace of Kubla Khan. Coleridge also included the "woman wailing for her demon-lover" which adds to the eeriness and gothic element but also shows the rushed and frantic tone of the poet.

The tone of a text is the attitude that the author or writer has while writing the text. The tone of a text is basically the feeling of the writer.

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" is a description of the summer palace of the Mongol king.

• But the second stanza also focuses on the not-so-comfortable aspect of the palace.

• He talks of a "savage place! as holy and enchanted", quite different from the summer palace of Kubla Khan.

• The mention of "a woman wailing for her demon-lover" also adds a gothic element to the whole description of the place.

• But despite the eerie nature of the place, the poet still gets excited to talk about the 'supernatural' place.

• The poet talks of a place that is unlike the palace of Kubla Khan. But at the same time, the second stanza presents a much different scene as compared to the celestial palace of the king.

• The palace of Kubla Khan is man-made but the 'wile yet desolate' place that the poet talks about in the second stanza provides him with more awe and excitement.

• It presents a sense of an ethereal, celestial atmosphere.

Throughout the lines, we see the poet rushing, building a frantic tone which is further aided by the use of the words "ceaseless turmoil seething" or "fast thick pants". And through it all, the poet emphasized that there is nothing man-made about that place and how humanity has no control over it.  

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