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Poem 2:

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan

A stately pleasure-dome decree:

Where Alph, the sacrecl river, ran

Through caverns measureless to man

Down to a sunless sea.

So twice five miles of fertile ground

With walls and towers were girdled round:

And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,

Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;

And here were forests ancient as the hills,

Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.

Questions 5 to 8 are based on the above poem:

5. This stanza is quoted from a poem. What’s its title? And who is the poet?

6. How does this stanza or this poem illustrate the characteristics of Romanticism?

7. According to you, does this poem have a coherent meaning? Why or why not?

8. What does “a sunless sea” mean?