Kubla Khan
noun
a poetic fragment (1797) by Coleridge.
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“Kubla Khan”
“Kubla Khan”An evocative poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about an exotic emperor. It begins with these lines: “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree….”
Kubla Khan
American
[koo-bluh kahn]
/ ˈku blə ˈkɑn /
“Kubla Khan”
Cultural
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Speaking of his friend Carl Fisher, the Kubla Khan of Miami Beach, Rogers said, “Carl discovered that sand could hold up a real estate sign.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
With Marco Polo, you might say that Netflix is courting the global market just as Polo flattered Kubla Khan.
From Forbes ● Dec. 9, 2014
And if a marathon of two Brit Rich Littles doesn't appeal, attend to the pair's inspired improvs of a medieval hero leading his troops to battle, or of their exegesis of Coleridge's "Kubla Khan."
From Time ● Jun. 10, 2011
Of course the opening lines of Kubla Khan were quoted at the beginning of Citizen Kane, so I looked up the poem just for research – "context".
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2011
He finds no satisfactory explanation for Tartini's famous "Devil's Sonata" or Coleridge' proverbial "Kubla Khan."
What is the unambiguous message of “Kubla Khan”?
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 3, 2018
Remember that “person from Porlock” who messes up Coleridge when he’s writing “Kubla Khan”? Coleridge goes to the door and comes back, like, “What! I’ve lost it now!”
From Slate
I don’t buy that Breaking Bad is art in the same way “Kubla Khan” is art.
From Newsweek
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