"Kubla Khan: or a Vision in a Dream" is a poem that describes to us another world. It places us in the middle of a strange and wondrous setting. He describes his world in a vivid and epic manner, making it appear as ancient verse, perhaps descended from an oral legend. His use of metaphor, simile, and language all give a better view of his world by establishing the mood of the poem, each line bringing the world further to life. The first five lines immediately gives us the basic core of the poem: both in plot, mood, and language. By conveying his imagination by using language, the vocabula…
