"Kubla Khan": A Poem of Sexual Ambiguity

Authors

  • A.S.M. Shamim Miah Stamford University Bangladesh

Abstract

 The poem 'Kubla Khan' is quite inexplicable. It a fun of ambiguity and seemingly bizarre Implications. Many critics have seen it as a poem full of ethereal music,  but I find it a mysterious reflection on human sexuality. In it Coleridge makes reference to what Freud would have called "dream work? basically thoughts surfacing as thing and thinking being dramatized: the thoughts being pulled from the subconscious and made significant. Had It not been for the opium. Coleridge's 'Kubla Khan" would have remained a fantasy. dreamt arid last. Certainty. the poem is a mad intricate work, full of the poet's desire to portray grandeur synaestheticaily. 'Kubla Khan' is also, among other things. a poem full of ironic reflections on the legendary architectural feat of the Mughals.

 

Author Biography

A.S.M. Shamim Miah, Stamford University Bangladesh

 

 

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Published

2011-05-25

How to Cite

Miah, A. S. (2011). "Kubla Khan": A Poem of Sexual Ambiguity. East West Journal of Humanities, 1, 23–32. Retrieved from https://ojs.rsi-lab.com/index.php/ewjh/article/view/75