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''Kubla Khan'' (a variant spelling) is also the title and subject of a famous lyric poem by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], which opens:

''Kubla Khan'' (a variant spelling) is also the title and subject of a famous lyric poem by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], which opens:

{{cquote|In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

{{cquote|In Xanadu did Kubla Khan<br/>

A stately pleasure-dome decree

A stately pleasure-dome decree<br/>

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran

Where Alph, the sacred river, ran<br/>

Through caverns measureless to man

Through caverns measureless to man<br/>

Down to a sunless sea.}}

Down to a sunless sea.}}

The poem begins in [[iamb|iambic]] [[poetic meter|tetrameter]], before "escalating" to [[iambic pentameter]].  Coleridge describes the "Dome of Pleasure" in iambic pentameter for some time, before the poem resumes in tetrameter, following this stanza:

The poem begins in [[iamb|iambic]] [[poetic meter|tetrameter]], before "escalating" to [[iambic pentameter]].  Coleridge describes the "Dome of Pleasure" in iambic pentameter for some time, before the poem resumes in tetrameter, following this stanza:

{{cquote|The shadow of the dome of pleasure

{{cquote|The shadow of the dome of pleasure<br/>

Floated midway on the waves

Floated midway on the waves<br/>

Where was heard the mingled measure

Where was heard the mingled measure<br/>

Of the fountains and the caves.}}

Of the fountains and the caves.}}

Thereafter the poem discusses the author's attempts to re-live the experience of the pleasure dome:

Thereafter the poem discusses the author's attempts to re-live the experience of the pleasure dome:

{{cquote|I would build that dome in air.

{{cquote|I would build that dome in air.<br/>

That sunny dome!  Those caves of ice!

That sunny dome!  Those caves of ice!<br/>

And all who heard would see them there

And all who heard would see them there<br/>

And all would cry, Beware!  Beware!

And all would cry, Beware!  Beware!<br/>

His flashing eyes!  His floating hair!

His flashing eyes!  His floating hair!<br/>

Weave a circle round him thrice

Weave a circle round him thrice<br/>

And close your eyes in holy dread

And close your eyes in holy dread<br/>

For he on honeydew hath fed

For he on honeydew hath fed<br/>

And drunk the milk of paradise.}}

And drunk the milk of paradise.}}