Dang, dude! I wasn't expecting such an erudite commentary. Thank you! It's not like I never tried to understand T.S. Elliott, or Dylan Thomas, but this is the one and only poem that has ever haunted me the way, in my opinion, a poem should. Also, as a professional alcoholic, I have to thank you for reminding me of Hemingway's "Write drunk, edit sober" maxim.
I have my state exam next week and this video has helped me to understand the significance of this poem for the romantic period (The power & struggle to capture the sublime + the wielding power of imagination). Thank you so much for this analysis!
The utter wonderful explanation of this poem was just sublime. Thankyou. so much.😀 However, as someone who really doesn’t get poetry at all.. why does this poem make me sing & give me boosebumps EVERY time I read it? There is something truly magical about this poem! I read it again & again. But no other poetry!
I totally get what you're saying, Michael! There is a haunting quality to that sets it apart. I will say though, that some of Coleridge's other poems have a similar tone: "The Rime of The Ancient Mariner" for instance. I'd be interested to hear your opinions on that one. Thank you so much for the kind feedback!
This helped me with my English exam on Christina Rossetti’s poetry. I spoke about how this poem was a literary influence for her Prince’s Progress narrative poem. Good video.
Really enjoyed your analysis. I came here because I’m a fan of Rush and they recorded a song called Xanadu. I read the poem and was a bit mystified. Your UA-cam video and analysis were very helpful. Thank you.
@@chanellegrima969 He would have had those dreams in any case. Haven't you ever dreamed of something lovely, ethereal, otherworldly? All it takes is living a life, speaking with people, nurturing your imagination, and unique experiences.
Thanks so much for this great informative and color-coded practical video! I was trying to fin a video on Kubkla Khan and the first one I bumped into youtube was in Indian Accent, but luckily you created this one one month ago for our convenience. Kudos to you, and you are a great teacher I'm sure :)
Thank you. A very interesting and plausible analysis. And yes: I agree it is a masterful construction rather than a fevered account of his partial memory of the dream! The poem is a paradox, laden with contrasts and contradictions. Is it a metaphor for the very essence of what life ultimately means? Is Coleridge saying that he might have had a joltingly clear view of what could be beyond the glass which most of us can only see through darkly?
Like any drug, the first dosage excites your neurons like they were never excited before. For some addictive minds like me, it's actually beautiful. And in that moment you can write your Stairways to Heaven. But quickly, that dosage doesn't do the job and you need more. And you'll keep your whole life searching for that first high, inspiration, and awesomeness of that first high.
So there is a river called Alapaha that goes underground for twice five miles exactly and comes back up at Alapaha Rise. Every word is almost an exact representation of the place. Also the book he was reading had a passage of Cortez across the Suwannee right there.
It was a video worth watching but It's Wordsworth who wrote 'She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways' where he describes a girl being violet half covered by a mossy stone. You should do the correction.
Wonderful video! I understand the poem so much better now, thanks! Just one question though, the poem is full of paradoxical images throughout, do you suppose there is any reason behind this?
@@OxfordCommaEducation Thanks for your response! Some of which caught my eye were "sunny spots of greenery"... I'd assume sunlight wouldn't penetrate thick forests normally, and then on the contrasting side there's "sunless sea" which makes it an unusual picture to imagine because unlike the forests there wouldn't be anything shielding the sea from the sun. And the last one is the "sunny pleasure some with caves of ice", it seems that the aspects of duality pervade the poem and I'm curious as to your thoughts about it.
Lawansuk, I'm so sorry I missed this response! I think your observation is spot on. I've always envisioned the "sunny pleasure dome" being swept into the sunless caves of ice (some sort underground cavern). The paradoxical merging of these two images really enforces Coleridge's point: that beautiful art is rare and that perfect art is, like the sunny dome in the sunless sea, unattainable. Thank you for sharing your observations!
I would like to believe that he is lying about being interrupted. And since this poem seems exactly like a dream - a mixture of different scenes that don't have the sense of continuity but somehow it makes sense as a whole, I would like to believe that this poem was the exact dream he had. But I can't imagine why he would lie.
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching! The Alph is now a real river, but it's named after the fictions river in the poem. There may have been a real river Alph before "Kubla Khan," but no one is really sure what Coleridge is referencing.
I'd say, at it's core, the poem is about how impossible it is to capture the visions in our heads. How everything we create will always in some way fall short.
Good question. The dome is built on the surface, but a geyser or blast of water sweeps it into a river where it is deposited in an underground cave. Crazy day this dome had.
Tom watts would disagree I believe he said "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy" it is better to find hope in lowly places then no hope at all.
Did lots of opiates for 20 years, didn't do anything of note, so you would first have to be talented. Inspiration for a short time is all it would be because if you used chronically you would stop wanting to write, stop showering, stop caring about anything but the drug and how to get it
Through the elevating language the sublime effect Coleridge creates here..Will u call it Longinian sublime or Burkean or Kantian..How would you distinguish each sublime effect from one another here?..Is the sublime here objectively objective or subjectively subjective?..As Coleridge was more of Kantian..so how he's effecting Kantian Sublime here?..Enlighten me upon this plz..
I'd love to help you out, but I'm a little out of my element here. I know that Burke was a huge influence on the English Romantics, so that's what I who I would guess Coleridge is channeling. I know there's been extensive research done into Cooleridge's personal library and notes. You might find something there that directs you toward the answer you're looking for. Sorry I can't be of more help!
I give this a B- overall. The whole drugs/creativity question, as it turns out, was not worth either your or our time and hamstrung your otherwise good analysis so unnecessarily. Still your understanding of this difficult poem enhanced my own in some ways so I thank you very much for that!
It definitely sounds like he was on something. That said. My views on Xanadu is that it is very well written with references to making love within the sloping valley and the caverns representing the female in question. That said. I'm not being perverted. I'm being literal in it's interpretation.
I am a chronic pain patients for many years, and I have taken several different kinds of opium products for that pain. All prescribed, of course. I’m also a writer. I think that well drugs you’re not a poet to make, it’s your imagination. Your imagination plus the kinds of visions you might see when you first start taking an opium product that might go very well for writing poetry. My husband, on the other hand I should say my late husband, who also had chronic pain, took the same medication, and it didn’t fire his imagination one bit. Because he didn’t have one. Sorry, hon. So first I would say, with drugs or without drugs, you have to have the proper building materials in order to create poetry or stories. You have to have the writers imagination, a way with words, and if you should happen to have a really cool dream on morphine say when you’re in the hospital, also the good. But like I said before drugs do not a poet make. But they can help. Ha ha.
Thank you for taking the time to share your personal insight and experiences - you really are in a better position to talk about this topic than I am. Also, I am very sorry to hear about your husband's passing. I'm sure he loved your writing.
Hey oxford, great debatable question. Tbh I think "drugs" are rooted in history and literacy since the beginning of it. Lets say I have experience with the subject and I think it removes the thick barrier of limitations and allows us to get out what is dwelling deep inside of us. I don't think someone with no interest for writing and who was never good at it to begin with would be a poet or writer because of substance but it might emphasize their already qualities/bad sides. Some substances work better than others obviously and depending on the type of person. I've seen shy people with social anxiety become firework personalities and eloquent because using substance took out their inhibitions and allowed them to act like they wanted to deeply. Of course it doesn't apply in some cases, someone who is nodding on h or tweaking on m won't even be apt to know who he is but we just have to look at music history and art to see the results of it. Countless artists and musicians layed the best symphonies whilst influenced and couldn't do it sober. It is not a good thing for the person but the outcome can be monumental I believe.
You make some really interesting points. I guess it kind of goes on a case by case basis. Some great artists were pretty into the drugs. Does that mean the drugs enhanced their art, or did they cut their lives short, or was the effect negligible?
@@OxfordCommaEducation Hey man! I think its all of the above lol.. like you said it goes case by case. Let's say I drew so much incredible stuff while eating some things of the 'fungus' family per se yet sober I can't draw for shit.. on the other hand some other stuff ruined a part of my life but enhanced other properties of me. It never lasts forever and every poison ends up intoxicating us but sometimes that said poison removes our defenses so we can give what we have fully. I think every form of art is fueled by extreme passions and people with intense personalities who give it 100% so it is not surprising I think that drugs are fueling some of that passion to unlock full potential and give the people the best artists have! Anyways thats just one opinion. I think it is more bad overall
@@maister59 Well it's a deeply contemplated opinion and I appreciate you taking the time to articulate it. I hope the muses are with you and you create some incredible art this year.
Sir upload Walter de la Mare's "The Listeners " & Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting" and mention the year of writing and publishing as well as the background of the poem if possible...
Those are excellent pieces, but I wouldn't be able to get them up for at least a week. Would they still be of help to you then, or do you need them earlier? Unfortunately, I can't work full time on videos.
Only nerds try to analyse this, the rest of us just hear in our minds, under moonlight, and smoke weed and chill laying on the meadows ground, flowers and with insects bites. Eyes see no horizon between sky and earth.
Simple answer Yes. He would have brought back visions and layered inspiration, and then yes edited. Are drugs necessary for great writing, obviously no.
@@cbtsession He certainly had some bold takes on art and was a great student of the arts. But I guess I've never considered him much of an artist himself.
Perfection is entirely subjective. I believe no form of literature will ever "achieve perfection". Having the belief that nihilistic writers ONLY achieve perfection is completely naive and invalid.
@@solomonwest6501 Exactly! The way of Art is to mimic Life in motion, stillness or in ruminations, therefore what is Life must always transcend Art. To say that one form of this Art attains perfection as opposed to a "flawed" practice would be equally invalid.
I'm so confused. The only part of the poem you like is, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan?" That's like a fragment of exposition, haha. Anyway, thank you for checking out the video. Sorry you weren't feeling it.
The fact that Coleridge could write such a strong poem whilst being high? snort a legend, he is.
Not a fact at all - he _claimed_ that - and when he couldn't finish it he invented the man from Porlock.
Dang, dude! I wasn't expecting such an erudite commentary. Thank you! It's not like I never tried to understand T.S. Elliott, or Dylan Thomas, but this is the one and only poem that has ever haunted me the way, in my opinion, a poem should.
Also, as a professional alcoholic, I have to thank you for reminding me of Hemingway's "Write drunk, edit sober" maxim.
Thank you so much!
Yes, drugs can inspire great poems. But only great poets can write them.
Neil Peart wrote Xanadu based on this poem… epic tune
Well said!!
I didn't know this poem. I've never read it before. But thanks to your accurate analysis I enjoyed it very much. Thanks a lot.
Classic ❤
A brilliant synopsis, thank you.
Thank you for the comment! I'd glad the video was helpful!
Great thank you so much. Hopefully, you can film another video where you can full deep.dive into the poem. ❤
I have my state exam next week and this video has helped me to understand the significance of this poem for the romantic period (The power & struggle to capture the sublime + the wielding power of imagination). Thank you so much for this analysis!
You're welcome! Best of luck on your exam!
Your explanation is gonna help me a lot! Thank you so much! I've become a fan of your voice and the way you explain it! 🙈❤
Happy to help!
That is very... Lovecraftian. I love it.
The utter wonderful explanation of this poem was just sublime.
Thankyou. so much.😀
However, as someone who really doesn’t get poetry at all.. why does this poem make me sing & give me boosebumps EVERY time I read it?
There is something truly magical about this poem!
I read it again & again. But no other poetry!
I totally get what you're saying, Michael! There is a haunting quality to that sets it apart.
I will say though, that some of Coleridge's other poems have a similar tone: "The Rime of The Ancient Mariner" for instance. I'd be interested to hear your opinions on that one.
Thank you so much for the kind feedback!
this analysis makes me feel so enlightened. The BEAUTY of literature dammit! THANK YOUUU
You're welcome! Thank you for checking it out!
This helped me with my English exam on Christina Rossetti’s poetry. I spoke about how this poem was a literary influence for her Prince’s Progress narrative poem. Good video.
That's an awesome connection to notice! Glad the video was of some help!
Really enjoyed your analysis. I came here because I’m a fan of Rush and they recorded a song called Xanadu. I read the poem and was a bit mystified. Your UA-cam video and analysis were very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much! Also, you have excellent taste in music.
Same here, Rush really got me into poetry!
Well this cleared up the meaning of this poem so much. Thank you for helping pierce this oblique piece
I've had lovely dreams of unearthly beauty, and never took drugs. You don't need drugs to think beautiful thoughts!
untrue, coleridge is the proof of that
@@chanellegrima969 He would have had those dreams in any case. Haven't you ever dreamed of something lovely, ethereal, otherworldly? All it takes is living a life, speaking with people, nurturing your imagination, and unique experiences.
Listened to you while I had World of Warcraft music playing and it completely added to the drama of the majestic beauty
Thank you for watching! And for underscoring it with such great music!
Thanks so much for this great informative and color-coded practical video! I was trying to fin a video on Kubkla Khan and the first one I bumped into youtube was in Indian Accent, but luckily you created this one one month ago for our convenience. Kudos to you, and you are a great teacher I'm sure :)
Thank you so much for the kind feedback! I'm so glad it was able to help you out!
Thank you. A very interesting and plausible analysis. And yes: I agree it is a masterful construction rather than a fevered account of his partial memory of the dream!
The poem is a paradox, laden with contrasts and contradictions. Is it a metaphor for the very essence of what life ultimately means? Is Coleridge saying that he might have had a joltingly clear view of what could be beyond the glass which most of us can only see through darkly?
Thank you, it was very helpful!
Like any drug, the first dosage excites your neurons like they were never excited before. For some addictive minds like me, it's actually beautiful. And in that moment you can write your Stairways to Heaven. But quickly, that dosage doesn't do the job and you need more. And you'll keep your whole life searching for that first high, inspiration, and awesomeness of that first high.
A very interesting analysis. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Such a cool video!!!! Cant wait to check out more!!!!
Thank you for taking the time to post such uplifting words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you so much sir for such wonderful explanation
You are most welcome. Thank you for watching!
So there is a river called Alapaha that goes underground for twice five miles exactly and comes back up at Alapaha Rise. Every word is almost an exact representation of the place. Also the book he was reading had a passage of Cortez across the Suwannee right there.
Neil Peart wrote Xanadu based on this.. epic tune
It was really useful, thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
William Wordsworth's Lucy was "a violet by a mossy stone" in She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways? 07:18
Metaphorically speaking, yes. Her beauty (internal, external, both) were there, but no one noticed it...except the speaker.
Oh, I just realized what you were asking. Yes, I said the wrong author on accident. Good catch!
Thank you so much Sir. Love from India
Thank you so much! Much love from Chicago.
Nice one... your way of #explanations as well as #pronunciation is awesome..
It was a video worth watching but It's Wordsworth who wrote 'She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways' where he describes a girl being violet half covered by a mossy stone. You should do the correction.
Thank you for pointing that out! I really misspoke on that one. Just fixed it.
The explanation was really awesome..... I got 95 in my presentation thanks to you. Your voice.... is divine.🤭
Thank you so much! And congrats on your presentation!
Pretty good microphone in this video, which is it?
Thank you so much! I use the Blue Yeti.
@@OxfordCommaEducation Sounds good, you must have a decent environment… it didn’t pick up much room noise.
It was William Wordsworth who described a woman as a “violet half covered by a mossy stone” not Coleridge
You are totally correct. I've even made a video on that poem...
thank you for making this! having my finals today
You're welcome! Good luck!
Could you tell me sir if there is the Theme of escapism in this poem or not?
Thanks, this was really good
You're welcome! Thank you for the kind feedback.
Wonderful video! I understand the poem so much better now, thanks!
Just one question though, the poem is full of paradoxical images throughout, do you suppose there is any reason behind this?
So glad to hear that!
That's a great question. What specific images do you see as paradoxical?
@@OxfordCommaEducation Thanks for your response!
Some of which caught my eye were "sunny spots of greenery"... I'd assume sunlight wouldn't penetrate thick forests normally, and then on the contrasting side there's "sunless sea" which makes it an unusual picture to imagine because unlike the forests there wouldn't be anything shielding the sea from the sun. And the last one is the "sunny pleasure some with caves of ice", it seems that the aspects of duality pervade the poem and I'm curious as to your thoughts about it.
Lawansuk, I'm so sorry I missed this response!
I think your observation is spot on. I've always envisioned the "sunny pleasure dome" being swept into the sunless caves of ice (some sort underground cavern). The paradoxical merging of these two images really enforces Coleridge's point: that beautiful art is rare and that perfect art is, like the sunny dome in the sunless sea, unattainable.
Thank you for sharing your observations!
Thanks 🙏
You’re welcome!
I would like to believe that he is lying about being interrupted. And since this poem seems exactly like a dream - a mixture of different scenes that don't have the sense of continuity but somehow it makes sense as a whole, I would like to believe that this poem was the exact dream he had. But I can't imagine why he would lie.
It's certainly an interesting question, one we'll probably never know the answer to, but it's fun to theorize.
Can you please make a lecture video about the poem Dejegtion by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ?
I'll be sure to add it to my list!
7: 19 it was not in coleridge's poem but wordsworth's, she dwelt among the untrodden ways
i request you please paraphrase the poem as well. and my teacher explained the last stanza different... now i am perplexed😢
anyways, thank u for the background and simple enough and short enough analysis..... and if Alph is a real river why call it fictitious?
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching! The Alph is now a real river, but it's named after the fictions river in the poem. There may have been a real river Alph before "Kubla Khan," but no one is really sure what Coleridge is referencing.
@@OxfordCommaEducation i got it. Helped a lot😊
“the violet by a mossy stone” example you gave is wordsworth, not coleridge, if i’m not wrong
You are right, I misspoke. I even made a video about that poem... 🙃
So what is the poem about exactly and to the point?
I'd say, at it's core, the poem is about how impossible it is to capture the visions in our heads. How everything we create will always in some way fall short.
Now I see, he's talking about what happened after he met that girl at the pub last Saturday night.
Is it zana du or zandu? Btw, i have messed up this poem while teaching it...probably I'll have to redo it 😞 u r fabulous..
Zan - a - do. And don't worry, I mess up every poem while teaching it (especially in front of a classroom). Thank you for watching!
@@OxfordCommaEducation such a joy to meet a fellow of one's own tribe (of bunglers) :d..kidding, thank u too for such comforting words
@@bellringer929 Right back at you!
Was dome of kubla khan was built underwater or it perished in there later on? I am sure u said that dome was underwater 😖
Good question. The dome is built on the surface, but a geyser or blast of water sweeps it into a river where it is deposited in an underground cave. Crazy day this dome had.
@@OxfordCommaEducation that's opium indeed
@@bellringer929 Truth!
Tom watts would disagree I believe he said "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me then a frontal lobotomy" it is better to find hope in lowly places then no hope at all.
Opium was legal and dreams under its influence are often lucid .
Did lots of opiates for 20 years, didn't do anything of note, so you would first have to be talented. Inspiration for a short time is all it would be because if you used chronically you would stop wanting to write, stop showering, stop caring about anything but the drug and how to get it
Through the elevating language the sublime effect Coleridge creates here..Will u call it Longinian sublime or Burkean or Kantian..How would you distinguish each sublime effect from one another here?..Is the sublime here objectively objective or subjectively subjective?..As Coleridge was more of Kantian..so how he's effecting Kantian Sublime here?..Enlighten me upon this plz..
I'd love to help you out, but I'm a little out of my element here. I know that Burke was a huge influence on the English Romantics, so that's what I who I would guess Coleridge is channeling. I know there's been extensive research done into Cooleridge's personal library and notes. You might find something there that directs you toward the answer you're looking for.
Sorry I can't be of more help!
now i can listen to welcome to the pleasure domr
Well done. Po em. Not pome. Otherwise, best analysis I have seen!
I give this a B- overall. The whole drugs/creativity question, as it turns out, was not worth either your or our time and hamstrung your otherwise good analysis so unnecessarily. Still your understanding of this difficult poem enhanced my own in some ways so I thank you very much for that!
Have you been doing some poem writing? Seems like you have been in some of that green headache medecine.
I do write poems. But I'm only high on verse; not substances.
What did inspire to Coleridge to write those beautiful poems in the fragrance of dreams ?
Good question. Probably a combination of what he was reading and the visions he saw from his medication.
@@OxfordCommaEducation Thank you
How does this poem reflect Coleridge's theory of composition
didn't notice how quickly time passed.. am i fully awake or what
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It definitely sounds like he was on something. That said. My views on Xanadu is that it is very well written with references to making love within the sloping valley and the caverns representing the female in question. That said. I'm not being perverted. I'm being literal in it's interpretation.
I am a chronic pain patients for many years, and I have taken several different kinds of opium products for that pain. All prescribed, of course. I’m also a writer. I think that well drugs you’re not a poet to make, it’s your imagination. Your imagination plus the kinds of visions you might see when you first start taking an opium product that might go very well for writing poetry. My husband, on the other hand I should say my late husband, who also had chronic pain, took the same medication, and it didn’t fire his imagination one bit. Because he didn’t have one. Sorry, hon. So first I would say, with drugs or without drugs, you have to have the proper building materials in order to create poetry or stories. You have to have the writers imagination, a way with words, and if you should happen to have a really cool dream on morphine say when you’re in the hospital, also the good. But like I said before drugs do not a poet make. But they can help. Ha ha.
Thank you for taking the time to share your personal insight and experiences - you really are in a better position to talk about this topic than I am. Also, I am very sorry to hear about your husband's passing. I'm sure he loved your writing.
Hey oxford, great debatable question. Tbh I think "drugs" are rooted in history and literacy since the beginning of it. Lets say I have experience with the subject and I think it removes the thick barrier of limitations and allows us to get out what is dwelling deep inside of us. I don't think someone with no interest for writing and who was never good at it to begin with would be a poet or writer because of substance but it might emphasize their already qualities/bad sides. Some substances work better than others obviously and depending on the type of person. I've seen shy people with social anxiety become firework personalities and eloquent because using substance took out their inhibitions and allowed them to act like they wanted to deeply. Of course it doesn't apply in some cases, someone who is nodding on h or tweaking on m won't even be apt to know who he is but we just have to look at music history and art to see the results of it. Countless artists and musicians layed the best symphonies whilst influenced and couldn't do it sober. It is not a good thing for the person but the outcome can be monumental I believe.
You make some really interesting points. I guess it kind of goes on a case by case basis. Some great artists were pretty into the drugs. Does that mean the drugs enhanced their art, or did they cut their lives short, or was the effect negligible?
@@OxfordCommaEducation Hey man! I think its all of the above lol.. like you said it goes case by case. Let's say I drew so much incredible stuff while eating some things of the 'fungus' family per se yet sober I can't draw for shit.. on the other hand some other stuff ruined a part of my life but enhanced other properties of me. It never lasts forever and every poison ends up intoxicating us but sometimes that said poison removes our defenses so we can give what we have fully. I think every form of art is fueled by extreme passions and people with intense personalities who give it 100% so it is not surprising I think that drugs are fueling some of that passion to unlock full potential and give the people the best artists have! Anyways thats just one opinion. I think it is more bad overall
@@maister59 Well it's a deeply contemplated opinion and I appreciate you taking the time to articulate it. I hope the muses are with you and you create some incredible art this year.
@@OxfordCommaEducation yessir and thank you wish you too to continue youre art also! ( Entertainment is one of the purest forms of art also ! )
How did Coleridge write beautiful poems after being a drug addict ?
I think anyone can writer beautiful poems. And while Coleridge was on drugs, he seems to have edited while sober.
@@OxfordCommaEducation Ok I got it
You also might think about the dream state.
I have a doubt. Is Coleridge's idea of rejecting the materialistic pleasure of Kubla Khan hinting towards religious idealism?
Hi Manvi!
That's a really interesting reading. Thank you for sharing your perspective!
Sir upload Walter de la Mare's "The Listeners " & Wilfred Owen's "Strange Meeting" and mention the year of writing and publishing as well as the background of the poem if possible...
Those are excellent pieces, but I wouldn't be able to get them up for at least a week. Would they still be of help to you then, or do you need them earlier? Unfortunately, I can't work full time on videos.
Oxford Comma okay then ... no problem sir ...keep posted
Only nerds try to analyse this, the rest of us just hear in our minds, under moonlight, and smoke weed and chill laying on the meadows ground, flowers and with insects bites. Eyes see no horizon between sky and earth.
As a nerd, reading this comment hurt me, but not for the reasons you wanted it to.
Simple answer Yes. He would have brought back visions and layered inspiration, and then yes edited. Are drugs necessary for great writing, obviously no.
This poem if you brake it down is a man enjoying a thought of perfect sexual account 💯 and will defend that to anybody !!
The great yuan Kublai Khan..
It's COAL ridge - not Cool Ridge, and Samuel - not Sayme yewell. Nice reading though. BUT - where was the in-depth discussion of drugs and creativity?
Cheers kidda😂
Or is it Idaho.😂😂
I hope Tenacious D gets at this
Perfection can only be achieved through nihilism, romantics will never get to it.
Interesting theory. Which nihilist writers do you feel got closest to perfection?
Oxford Comma Friedrich Nietzsche ofcourse
@@cbtsession He certainly had some bold takes on art and was a great student of the arts. But I guess I've never considered him much of an artist himself.
Perfection is entirely subjective. I believe no form of literature will ever "achieve perfection". Having the belief that nihilistic writers ONLY achieve perfection is completely naive and invalid.
@@solomonwest6501 Exactly! The way of Art is to mimic Life in motion, stillness or in ruminations, therefore what is Life must always transcend Art. To say that one form of this Art attains perfection as opposed to a "flawed" practice would be equally invalid.
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Nit-picking but it's "Colla-ridge" not Cooler-ridge
I like your good boys' "don't do drugs" narrative but verily I say unto you, INSPIRATION do drugs bestow but the hard work doth come later
its called Purchas his Pilgrim
True. Good catch!
@@OxfordCommaEducation it's misquoted just about everywhere. even coleridges original manuscript lol
@@staff97 Well then I feel a little better. And I super appreciate that I'll be more accurate when I teach this poem in the future.
Be warned: This poem is full of inuendo!!! Once seen, it can not be unseen!!! 😮
5/5
Thank you!
Oxymoron, God bless Taylor.😊
Apart from the first line. I'm not a big fan of the poem. Dissecting it doesnt really reveal any revelations for me. Drab.
I'm so confused. The only part of the poem you like is, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan?"
That's like a fragment of exposition, haha.
Anyway, thank you for checking out the video. Sorry you weren't feeling it.
This didn’t summarize anything;)
i hate poetry
Excellent!
Thank you!