Analysis Of The Poem ' Khan 's ' Kubla Khan '

Khublai Khan and Mongols on the whole like many figures and groups in history is displayed in many different ways depending on perspective with some portraying them as savage, murdering barbarians while others depict them as intelligent, almost liberal, and sometimes even heroic. Morris Rossabi in his book Khublai Khan: His Life and Times, stives to achieve two purposes, the first is to show Khublai and the Mongols in a balanced light in terms of morality and heroism while the second is to show the successes and flaws of Khublai as an effective leader. This paper will focus on Rossabi morality purpose in which it will be judging if Rossabi was effective in showing both the heroism and fairness of Khublai while also not hiding the brutality

Kabul is a beautiful poem, written by Saib-e-Tabrizi, that is an ode addressing the city of Kabul. Throughout the poem Tabrizi describes the beauty of Kabul. The theme is Kabul is beautiful. The literary devices in this poem are similes, personification,and allusion. These three literary devices portray theme and describe how beautiful Kabul really is.

A traumatic event will never define a person’s identity, it will never prove character, or show weaknesses. A person is defined by much more than a single life event. Natasha Trethewey uses her confusion and hurt that she experienced as pieces for an artwork that has yet to be finished. By writing Native Guard, Trethewey recreates herself like a disjointed collage. Using gut-wrenching poetry as her medium, Trethewey uses her words to represent a self portrait of her struggles. Giving the reader a chance to immerse themselves completely within “Native Guard”, her audience is a key element throughout the book. You, as the reader, become an empty shell for Trethewey to build herself anew; a skeleton structure for a new identity.

Beauty is a subjective idea that focuses on the characteristics preferable to a single species that gives an advantage over another and at the cost of another species survival. Humans have created astounding empires with beautiful cities and monuments because they were the most progressive species that are able to do so because of their capacity for violence. Some empires fear for their survival, so they must eliminate any threat whether it be humans or other animals. The poem, “Thanks” by Yusef Komunyakaa, it symbolizes how humans can become single minded only driven by their own personal desires at the sake of anyone else. Humans naturally commit ugly atrocities to progress their own beauty, or at least idea of, and they instinctively oppose nature because mankind is the dark side of nature.

Han collapsed because of many reasons but mainly I’ll focus on the plaques and the death of Genghis Khan. When plaques led it’s way to China a lot of people died and it was a disaster. The second reason to the fall of Mongol empire was when Genghis Khan died the empire split into many parts and went their own path. Genghis Khan: He was the founder of Mongol empire which became the largest empire.

Genghis Khan, or Temujin, as he was referred to in his early life, was born around 1167 into the pastoral nomadic lifestyle of the Mongols. Mongolian life was centered on several fragmented tribes that continuously fought each other, led by individual khans. “Temujin enjoyed years of successful conquest in these tribal wars” (Adler and Pouwels, 239-41). At the age of sixteen, Temujin married Borte, a woman from another tribe. “Temujin married Borte, cementing the alliance between the Konkirat tribe and his own.” ("Biography.com"). Temujin was greatly feared among the Mongols, as he was known for his ruthlessness, cunning, and his ferocity. “…by 1196 he had become powerful enough to assert personal control over all of the

From 794 to 1185, the Heian period was a cultural renaissance where remarkable art, poetry, fashion, and literature flourished in Japan. Murasaki Shikibu, was the nickname to a lady of the court and as was common for noble women at the time, she was experienced in the arts such as poems, literature, painting, and calligraphy. Amongst her work, is the classic known as Genji Monogatari or translated in English as The Tale of Genji, that illustrates the life of an idealistic prince in the imperial court. The Tale of Genji is known as one of the oldest novels in the world and is still appreciated today for it’s capture of the realism and etiquette of what life was like for the those living in imperial court in the

The Mongolians had such a strong and powerful empire that made a great impact throughout history. Through the novel Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, which was written by Jack Weatherford we learn many aspects that assisted the Mongol empire into building the largest contiguous empire to ever exist. The Mongolian empire began at around 1200 A.D. and throughout the empires very long and fairly large existence, there were very influential aspects that were created. The most powerful aspect was that the Mongolian empire had a very strong and very powerful line of rulers all coming from the family line of Genghis Kahn, also referred to as the Great Kahn. Under the rule of Genghis, the Mongol society would be changed entirely. Their military is another aspect that assisted the Mongols to became dominant due to their discipline. And they also had very strong tribal unity having faith and loyalty in each other and working hard together to accomplish their set tasks. These aspects would assist the Mongols in building the world’s largest contiguous empire in human history.

Although the exact date remains unknown, it is believed that Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote his poem Kubla Khan sometime in the fall of 1797 and began revisions of it in the early spring of 1798. Interestingly, although no original manuscript has been found, the Crewe Manuscript of Kubla Khan was discovered in 1934. Currently, the Crewe Manuscript is the earliest know version of Kubla Khan and is believed to have been written around 1810. After Lord Byron’s zealous response to Kubla Khan, Coleridge published the poem for the first time in May of 1816 under Byron’s publisher John Murray. While the poem was initially bound with two of

One of the dominant techniques present in “Kubla Khan” is contrasting imagery. Coleridge repeatedly compares the “bright” area surrounding the dome to the “lifeless” and “haunted” area surrounding the river. He continually repeats the phrases “pleasure-dome” and “sunny” when discussing the dome, whereas for his illustration of the surrounding river and caverns, “caves of ice” is most prominent. One idea as to why this was so implemented is the idea that the poem “contrasts a man-made, earthly paradise, which proves to be unable to resist demonic forces and is doomed to be annihilated, with a “true” form of paradise;” (Schroeder) that the Earth, no matter how beautiful it might seem, always falls victim to certain destructive forces.

Have you ever wondered if you have a plan over your life or what your future holds?

forms of vocal or silent prayers. This is captured in this phrasing of the poem, as a soldier fearing for his life calls for aid. The next part of the poem shows the meticulous attention to detail and preparation that a commanding officer has. This officer is responsible for the lives of everybody under his command, and he is responsible for ensuring that they accomplish their goals with minimal loss of life. He is verifying that everything is ready for an attack that could occur at any time, and there is no problem with the equipment that will aid them in a fight for their lives. Finally, near the end of the poem, the waiting is over. The fighting that is being dreaded is here, and the fight for their survival has begun. People are dying, and there is a sound that will haunt dreams years later, “The cough of a mortar tube.” This dread associated with a sound or memory is a reference to PTSD developed by many soldiers due to distressing experiences during the fighting. This led to many problems for the soldiers as they retuned home, and attempted to reacclimate to civilian life. This is a topic that Komunyakaa explores here, and in other poems, as it was something he experienced directly. Poems like this betrayed a vital writing style of Komunyakaa’s; writing literally. He does not try to hide meaning in the words, he does not keep the reader guessing. He writes to put his ideas out, and allows the reader to absorb everything they can.

Well past 11 PM, guests after dinner started moving, exuberant Sajjad too moved but his sixth sense made him conscious - the roving eyes of Benazir. Yes, it was Benazir, who on her first encounter with Sajjad felt mesmerized by his personality, mannerism and orientation. When out Sajjad looked back at the bungalow of Brigadier Khan, found two beautiful eyes were still prowling after him from a glass window half covered by curtains.

The overall structure of the poem “Kublah Khan” is in two parts. The first part, which contains three stanzas, describes Xanadu as if Coleridge is actually there, experiencing all of the sensations in person. The second part of the poem is filled with Coleridge’s language and his longing to be in Xanadu. Yet, the author is unable to truly capture the Xanadu experience once again. Both parts of the poem deal with an attempt to render a fantastic creation. The first ten lines of the poem are similar to a chant or incantation that supports the mystery and supernatural aspect of the poem, “And here were forests ancient as the hills,”(10). In the first two lines, Coleridge describes a dome-like significant structure situated in the middle of Xanadu. “A stately pleasure-dome”(2). The dome represents an overpowering dream by the main character to have a monument praising humans’ strongest desires, creativity. The ruler decrees that this frivolous monument be built while ignoring the unpleasantness that can be found in ordinary life “I would build that dome in the air;”(46). The dome is a testament to imagination.

Abstract:The greatest Indian epic, “The Mahabharta” has resonated in the collective imaginations for millenniums owing to its universal themes. Having given the world the Bhagavad Gita, the story of Damayanti, an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, and the Rishyasringa, often considered as works in their own right, it is basically a story of men pursuing power and men who have wronged and have been wronged with. By virtue of this content, the author has tried to put forth her take on the grey characters of Mahabharta.