Kubla Khan (1 Viewer)

[PanasonicYouth]

What is the main idea from this poem? I dont know how to relate this to my text Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Any ideas?

Cheers

 

[rusty_rouge]

Ummm - there are a few - like the difficult process of creativity, the imperfections on man, the beauty and power of nature and God (Coleridge's pantheistic beliefs), the limitations of mankind in their ability to create etc etc.

Hope it helps

 

[PanasonicYouth]

In essays that ive read they've said that Kubla heightens awareness and understanding of an individual and surroundings.

How?

 

[hipPo3]

dude wtf ... theres alraedy a thread about this

http://community.boredofstudies.org/showthread.php?t=88006

or if ur having trouble with it beacuse uve never read it before then wikkipedia search for Kubla Kahn.. im sure they have a summary

 

[PanasonicYouth]

The other thread is asking for a summary and techniques. I'm asking for the overall main idea of the poem... Its two different things

 

[hipPo3]

The other thread is asking for a summary and techniques. I'm asking for the overall main idea of the poem... Its two different things

wouldnt the summary also contain the main idea ?..

 

[PanasonicYouth]

No. Im after something that will give me a sentence about the theme of the poem e.g. Imaginative journeys can liberate the mind or whatever

 

[hipPo3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubla_Khan
im sure that might have some information to what ur looking for

 

[AlleyCat]

in my understanding and analysis kubla khan is essentially about the sexual act and man's loss of innocence. he does this by taking the journey down the path from biblical purity to erotic material pleasure.

i am also doing eternal sunshine, but the main ideas of the film are the transience of human relationships and their pointless, cyclic structure. the sci fi, speculative exploration for me connects to my thesis on the binding of a journey to its contextual mileu, as does kubla khan's drug induced sexual epiphany.

good luck for tomorrow.