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How do these final lines from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge affect the overall tone of the poem?


His flashing eyes, his floating hair!

Weave a circle round him thrice,

And close your eyes with holy dread

For he on honey-dew hath fed,

And drunk the milk of Paradise.


The last lines bring the poem to a (sacred, climatic exotic, historical, dreamlike, madness) close. Flashing eyes evoke the image of passionate creativity. By talking about "holy dread," Coleridge suggests that creation is both (sacred, climatic exotic, historical, dreamlike, madness) and demonic.

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The last lines bring the poem to a dreamlike end.

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In "Kubla Khan," Coleridge depicts the creation and obliteration of Kubla Khan's royal residence in the exotic location of Xanadu, which gives the lyric an dreamlike quality. Through the authentic character of Kubla Khan, Coleridge utilizes the wild picture of the Mongols to recommend that Kubla Khan is crazy, inferring that every single innovative activity are the demonstrations of mad men.  

The last lines carry the sonnet to a climatic close. Glimmering eyes bring out the picture of passionate creativity. By discussing ""holy dread," Coleridge recommends that creation is both sacrosanct and devilish.

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