Kubla Khan | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Line by Line Explanation

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A complete analysis and summary of “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, focusing on the prominent images and theme in a simple conversational manner.
Kubla Khan is often described as a fragment. However, it is a coherent, straightforward elaboration of a poetic truth as well. It is a poem about creativity, poetic choices, man’s quest for paradise and his eternal struggle to attain immortality through creativity. This lecture is an attempt to understand the underlying meaning beneath the apparently chaotic imagery of the poem.
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Monami Mukherjee, working as Assistant professor of English at Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya, has a teaching experience of over 15 years. She got her education at the finest institutions like Lady Brabourne College and University of Calcutta. She completed her MPhil from Calcutta University and has worked in St Xavier’s Institution, Panihati Mahavidyalaya and Hingalganj mahavidyalaya. She has delivered invited talks in Post Graduation Classes at Lady Brabourne College and Taki Government College. She takes special interest in issues of Feminism, Post-colonialism and Modernism. She is known for her conversational style of teaching and grasp of core concepts in literature.
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@deeparamanathan6772 Год назад

What depth What an explanation Did Coleridge's soul enter into you And spoke those words You connect Where there seems no connect You make one piece Of the many pieces of a Jigsaw puzzle Breathtaking is the place, the river and the fountain Breathtaking is the image you create by your own interpretation Kubla Khan, gift of Coleridge Gift wrapped in grandeur of your words How do you do it How can you do it You enter the poem You enter its soul Not a poet Nowhere I stand You inspire me To pen and share my thoughts

@NibblePop Год назад

You make me feel so humbled! Coleridge was a magician, his words make one feel elevated.

@aamnakhan1404 8 месяцев назад

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@jyotimaurya812 5 месяцев назад

Madam, very nice lectures. Please tell me what will be the benefit of we join you.

@khushboosejwal5740 2 года назад

This was a great analysis Professor! Thank you for this. There are 2 lines in the poem which I think can be interpreted a little bit differently to connect all the images and fragments better. For the line "By woman wailing for her demon-lover!", I think the woman can be viewed as the spirit of nature crying and wailing because of Kubla Khan's interference and attempts at taming the natural beauty. Demons are usually viewed as free, unrestrained spirits. And so, we can say that the Earthly apparition is wailing because she is being separated from her untamed, free spirit which is being restrained and curbed. The second one is for "Ancestral voices prophesying war!". Instead of saying that those were the voices of _Kubla Khan's_ ancestors, I would like to think they were the voices of the ancient spirits of nature. Kubla Khan was an invader of the Chinese lands and in China it is believed that every thing of nature has a spirit: the rivers, the mountains, the trees, the land. Everything. And these spirits are believed to be far more ancient than man. So we can say that it is the voices of the ancient or ancestral spirits of nature that have been disturbed in their rest by the Kubla Khan's interference, and in their wrath (which can be connected to the explosion of the fountain in the previous lines) they place a curse on him, prophesying that his reign will not last long. And it is known that before even completing a full 100 years, Yuan dynasty was replaced by the Ming Dynasty. Please do tell me your opinion on this interpretation.

@NibblePop 2 года назад

Absolutely brilliant . Loved your perspective. Keep commenting.

@ayeshamasooma687 2 года назад

Glued to the screen throughout the video. My respect and admiration to you, professor, for your efforts. Fabulous, I must say. Merci. 💙

@halsona17 2 года назад

This is one of the best interpretations of the poem.

@benjaminmilano6213 Год назад

Awesome interpretation. Thanks.

@rajeshkumarnayak2248 Год назад

I second you...😁🔵

@shwatadrisar2894 3 года назад

I wish she was my professor. She makes this poem very easy to understand. Her Lecture was absorbing. Will be great if you try giving lectures on some more topics of literature.

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@masudparveje9891 Год назад

A splendid lecture I have ever found in RU-vid about Kubla Khan. Thank you.

@lifeplant6115 Год назад

For the first time in my career, I find so good professor of English literature.stay blessed ma'am.

@Englishacademy. Год назад

A professor can make or break the interest of her/his student, I am really thankful to have you as my virtual professor who is able to make me interested.❤️..... Sorry to say but most of the professors are just coming and helping us lose interest.....it happened with me, but I still rise and was able to create history by scoring the highest marks, This is so disheartening to share such an experience 💔 as a student.😊

@NibblePop Год назад

So proud of you ❤️❤️

@souravbarman3481 11 месяцев назад

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. Each and every lines,I have understood.

@ankitasaeb8163 3 года назад

You elaborate this poem flawlessly😍.THANK SO MUCH MA'AM.IT IS REALLY BENEFICIAL😍

@aarohanfoundation3644 2 года назад

This is the best kubla Khan analysis can be..

@romaisaafzaal9626 2 года назад

I have read the analysis of this poem from quite a few websites, But this is the best one. Thanks for sharing!

@bilalhussain8447 3 года назад

Never seen such a good explanation of kubla khan

@minabarge6716 10 месяцев назад

Being a literature student, I really like the way you explain the lines. Thank you ma'am, It will help me for better interpretation. 🙏🙏

@selvarajkm2538 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this lecture ma'am.😊expecting more from you

@bellringer929 3 года назад

thank u ma'am... u r simple, elegant and clear. feel glued listening to u

@rupsabardhan7342 3 года назад

Thank you so much ma'am for this great explanation of the poem Kubla Khan. This is very helpful to us.

@harunurroshid7078 Год назад

What an amazing style of explanation!

@sukrithasundhar3236 3 года назад

Very interestingly attended..nice class ma'am. How simply you said it. You are my one of the favorite tutor ❤

@priyasispal3589 3 года назад

Excellent analysis... Thank you for clearing out the content

@vasundharakayal2002 2 года назад

Studying for exam and it’s so easy thank you you are a life saver .. keep on posting

@priyankagiri9412 2 месяца назад

You can never fail to amaze us with your wonderful explanation and interpretation.❤

@madaboutbooks5805 Год назад

Hello ma'am, I recently started teaching a poetry, and thought I had lost touch with literature for a while, i got caught up in what's important for a test but when I went through a couple of your lectures, the way you smile when a poet evokes another, or Shakespearian imagery comes into play, makes me want to come back to literature with open arms and once again begin reading as a used to enjoy it a lot as a student of literature. Thank you for this one!

@NibblePop Год назад

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@roland4623 Год назад

excellent lecture. lots to learn from this video and your commentary is extremely insightful.

@devmali5038 3 года назад

Great explanation of the poem "Kubla Khan". Thanks a lot M'am for making this helpful video.

@beverleeanndesylva6870 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this lecture. It was enlightening and of great help in understanding a poem such as this.

@asthasharma2323 2 года назад

could not be elaborated better. thanks a lot.

@bredamaune2028 3 года назад

A very interesting and thorough analysis of this poem. Greatly appreciated and a joy to listen to. Your lucidity was superb. Thank you.

@rebekazidan49 Год назад

You are my fav lecturer now on... ❤ Can't thank u enough mam❤❤❤❤

@the4kmovie422 3 года назад

Thank you Ma'am. It's very helpful for me. I was about to cry for Kubla khan because i didn't get the main idea . After listening your lecture, just love this poem . 👍

@NibblePop 3 года назад

Glad to hear. Poets don't write for honours students. They do it to express and to communicate. Once we learn how to respond to it, poetry becomes our favourite language.

@geethapriya4215 2 года назад

Indebted to u for helping with such a a crystal clear clarity on the poem mam!

@aarushimaitra4years768 Год назад

Feeling enchanted by your explanation of this poem.Your explanation enhanced my knowledge about this poem.Thanks a lot mam.

@imranulhaq7573 Год назад

Mashallah. Admirable contribution for Literature students. Highly appreciated. Thank you Madam

@greenkiwi99 5 месяцев назад

Thank you so much, Ma'am. This lecture was so insightful.

@SundasQureshi95 Год назад

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@mecxlarsangma1165 2 года назад

Thank you so ma'am, you explained it very clear! 🙏🏻

@maitrayeeghosh5589 3 года назад

Excellent explanation,simple and lucid

@aamnakhan1404 8 месяцев назад

Ma'am when I was reading on my it was like I'm literally dealing with a fragment, but you portray it I was able to see a complete whole, as you've said if it is a poem it cannot be a fragment❤

@shaguftahmoin1958 3 года назад

Best explanation ever done

@nehabag1123 2 года назад

Thank you maam... You are changing lives ❤️❤️❤️

@shreyagupta1914 Год назад

Your love of learning has drawn me into a whole new universe of exploring ideas!..... Very much thankful to be a part of your beautiful melodious explanation it's overwhelmed my mind and charged me up........ I have a request madam, please make videos on Alfred Tennyson' "The Lady of Shallot" and Byron's " Child Harold's Pilgrimage "

@snehabose304 Год назад

thank you ma'am for your beautiful explanation. you just make every poem to easy.

@zit9206 2 года назад

I hope you hit 1M soon ma'am 😇❤️

@QadirAbbas1477 Год назад

An excellent way to define the poem I really inspired by your lecture 👍👍

@labanisarkar9798 2 года назад

Wonderful illustration...Thank you so much Ma'am

@dicruzz1103 2 года назад

wow..beautiful analysis..superbbb..gratitude from Kerala

@ananthbaenglish8259 2 года назад

Visualization and Multiplicity of meaningful interpretations makes the scenarios fresh and beautiful!.. Thank you mam ✔ we can able to see everything correlated by a colorful picturisation.

@teachingthetinytots5748 3 года назад

Thanks a lot!! Beautiful explanation!

@harshyadav125 2 года назад

When your books and teacher does not make sense, she does 🙌

@NibblePop 2 года назад

Oh that is so sweet of you 💖

@sridhar2748 3 года назад

I am happy to see your lesson and heartful thank you madam.

@suvendymaity6950 2 года назад

I came ,I saw ,I acknowledged,I enjoyed

@pritamghosh6153 2 месяца назад

Too outstanding of your understanding techniques mam

@mukundamondal1248 5 месяцев назад

Amazing explanation ma'am 🙏

@sagnikmukherjee9778 2 года назад

Wonderful explanation as ever, ma'am! Just want to make a comment with regard to the similarity I found between the three stanzas of the poem and the theory of Imagination as propounded by Coleridge himself in "Biographia Literaria"- since it's River Alph, it can be considered as a river of divine creativity(Primary Imagination), since in Greek alphabet series, alpha comes first, and everything starts from it. Moreover, water is the primary source of life and creation, hence Primary Imagination(according to the interpretation of the 1st stanza). In the 2nd stanza, we see destructive forces clashing against each other, amid which Kubla is trying to re-create the pseudo-paradise- 'stately pleasure-dome' in Xanadu. As we've understood from BIOGRAPHIA LITERARIA, that Secondary Imagination is an echo of the Primary. And the last stanza speaks about Fancy, which, according to Coleridge, is a mode of memory, that is propelled and modified by the will, and is expressed by CHOICE. And as you have explained, Coleridge does make a choice with regard to his mode of poetic creativity. So, that's my observation, and I thought of, not just sharing it with you, but also getting the confirmation or approval as regards the same. Thanks in advance 🙏

@NibblePop 2 года назад

You are absolutely correct. I am very glad that you mentioned this. Keep commenting. Your observations are very enriching for other viewers as well.

@sagnikmukherjee9778 2 года назад

@@NibblePop thank you so much, ma'am. Am overwhelmed🙏.

@Englishacademy. Год назад

@@sagnikmukherjee9778 thank you sir for this insightful explanation 💫

@parul2581 Год назад

Wonderful explanation.. In interesting way.. Kudos👏👏

@do-not-read-me Год назад

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@SafiUllah-eq2sx 4 года назад

Amazing discussion. Love it

@NibblePop 3 года назад

Thank you Safi Ullah. Hope you enjoy my other videos too.

@souviksadhukhan9894 2 года назад

This lecture was really very helpful ma'am, thank you so much 🙏

@jannatsultana5796 Год назад

Thank you so much❤ mam for explaining the text so beautifully. The way you explain the texts that what I don't understand to others, it's easy for me to understand to you. Lot's of respect to you mam.. 🙏🙏🙏

@dipankarmondal9775 3 года назад

Excellent discussion.

@jessyjohn3144 2 года назад

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@SimonaTempra Год назад

wonderful explaination. Thank you

@KamilaM-oo5vl 2 года назад

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@kritikashree9363 5 месяцев назад

Colerige maybe a Kaldeioscope.. But you my educator are truly the perfect set lenses guiding us and making literature a much better thing to study🥰 Thank you so so much Ma'am😇

@divyakumari7238 Год назад

Euphoria😍 thankyou so much for this splendid explanation ...

@p.iabhivyakti9641 2 года назад

Wonderful explanation............ thank you ma'am .

@zubiatasmin7935 2 года назад

Thank you so much and wonderful explanations😊😊😊😊

@janecaulfield4559 3 года назад

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@SangeetaKumari-nh6sj 3 года назад

Thnq so much mam u r describing this poem very beautifully 😊

@una4243 2 года назад

Thank you ma'am... This video helped me a lot 🥰🙏

@gaurikumari1367 Год назад

Wonderful explanation❤

@bhasuramman7660 9 месяцев назад

Amazing explanation 🙏

@dilniashara1443 2 года назад

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@soniagupta5524 Год назад

Wonderful explanation

@amartyarabighosh812 3 года назад

Thank you so so much for the wonderful lecture. Helped me alot ! Thank you again ma'am ! If possible please try to cover the 5th and 6th sem syllabus of WBSU. It's an earnest request !

@shilpishekhar6668 3 года назад

Excellent explanation

@myenglishcampus 3 года назад

Great analysis

@nirdoshkumari1785 Год назад

I'll just say "Thankyou mam . Thankyou .😌 "

@emily6571 3 года назад

I just want you badly as my lecturer 🥺🥺🥺🥺.,,,thank you so much mam,..u r a great professor 💓

@NibblePop 3 года назад

Thank you so much for the appreciation. Stay subscribed and you will find many useful videos.

@Boss44444 2 года назад

My search ends here..........👍👍

@pujasingh4675 2 года назад

It just awesome lecture mam....their is no video like this in youtube....

@NibblePop 2 года назад

Thank you so much dear

@moganak884 2 года назад

Very nice mam.. Thanks for ur explanation

@SupriyoBanerjee Год назад

Great explanation mam thanks a lot🍂🍁

@user-oz7um3ue5k Год назад

I wish I were as good in teaching literature as you are. Your lecture is so informative. Could you please make a video about Christopher's Marlowe "Doctor Faustus". I used to write a dissertation about it but i didn't cope because of the illness

@user-yi4ks8pv9o 2 года назад

Superb✨

@K_F_fox 2 года назад

It never occurred to me that the plot of this poem is, "they paved paradise, and put up a parking lot." This exegesis is genius. It's like I've *never* read this poem before, even though it's one of my top 5 favorites.

@NibblePop 2 года назад

Yup. That's exactly how it was done. And Kubla did so thinking that his creation would immortalize him, kind of earthly paradise. But he made the same mistake that Shelley's Ozymandias did. Hope you've read that piece. You will find uncanny similarity.

@K_F_fox 2 года назад

@@NibblePop Since the statue of Ozymandias is "a heap of broken images that brings no comfort," I have to wonder if the name "Prufrock" is a reference to the Person from Porlock. Here's Coleridge, in an state of narcosis, in those caverns measureless to man, lingering in the chambers of the sea by sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown, and the Person from Porlock woke him, and his poetic images all but drowned.

@englishacademy9817 2 года назад

Simply awesome mam.

@funwithdhrishat8886 Год назад

Very nicely explained

@ambikachand5784 2 года назад

Great lecture

@broy7119 3 года назад

What a beautiful nd informative lecture👍👍👍.....plz guide us for M.A English ignou syllabus.... M sure millions of students will be thankful to u ....nd ur channel will grow in leaps and bounds.....

@NibblePop 3 года назад

I will try my best