Kubla Khan

One of the most well-known pieces of Romantic-era poetry Kubla Khan was never finished. This amusing portrayal of Xanadu the capital of Kublai Khans empire by Samuel Coleridge serves as a remarkable and in-depth illustration of the poets creative genius. Samuel Coleridge wrote Kubla Khan after waking from an opium-induced dream in which he saw and experienced the realities of the great Mongol rulers capital city. Immediately after waking up from his dream Coleridge started writing what he remembered of it with the intention of composing 200–300 lines. Soon after Coleridge was disturbed and as his recall of the dream waned he was finally unable to finish the poem.