1. “Poetry is an art…of representing, in words, external nature and human thoughts and affections, both relatively to human affections, by the production of as much immediate pleasure in parts, as is compatible with the largest sum of pleasure in the whole”.
Having discussed and analized Coleridge's Poem, it is easy to find certain elements which lead us to nature and human feelings of a fantastic world. The above quotation represents, in a way, what the poem "Kubla Khan" means. Nature is a present element from the beggining talking about rivers, caverns, the sea etc. In the other hand, we can also find human thoughts and feelings that give us a better idea of the meaning and intention of the writer. That is to say, that the possibility of knowing the author's feelings it is the closest opportunity we have to get to know the author's life and mind. I believe that the representation of pleasure has to do with everything prohibited to us. For example, when Coleridge writes about the city of pleasure reffering to the location where sin, death and all the worldly is present. The truth is I really enjoyed reading the poem, due to in a way, it was difficult to find and relate some elements to reality. I would love to have known and fantasize inside Coleridge`s world.
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