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Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Kubla Khan written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1797 or 1798 and later published in 1816 uses a vivid imagery, alliteration and a form of symbolism to convey a paradise like version of the landscape of kingdom. In the poem nature takes up a major portion of the poem as he describes the dream world of Kubla Khan. Coleridge gives a vivid image of the poem while he says, “he was rea