ground were inclosed with a wall."Coleridge then dreamed about the abode of the Mongol leader,usually referred to in history books as Kublai Khan .......Kublai became emperor of China in 1260 and proclaimed the establishment of his own Yuan dynasty in 1271.His capital was Ta-tu (present-day Beijing),but he maintained a summer residence in southeastern Mongolia at K'ai P'ing,also known as Shang-tu or Shangdu and,in Coleridge's poem,as Xanadu. ........After Marco Polo visited Xanadu in 1275,he wrote, There is at this place a very fine marble Palace,the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds,and with a variety of trees and flowers,all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment. .......Round this Palace a wall is built,inclosing a compass of 16 miles,and inside the Park there are fountains and rivers and brooks,and beautiful meadows,with all kinds of wild animals (excluding such as are of ferocious nature),which the Emperor has procured and placed there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks,which he keeps there in mew. .......The Lord abides at this Park of his,dwelling sometimes in the Marble Palace and sometimes inthe Cane Palace for three months of the year,to wit, June,July,and August;preferring this residencebecause it is by no means hot; in fact it is a very cool place.(translated from Italian by Henry Yule) .......After waking up,Coleridge began writing in third-person point of view what was to be a long poem aboutthe dream.However,a visitor interrupted him at line thirty-six and occupied his time for about an hour.When Coleridge resumed writing,he forgot the rest of the details of the dream.As all of us are well aware,dream images are elusive.When we awake from a dream,its images often fade away unless we immediately write down what we experienced. .......Line 37 of the poem shifts from third-person to first-person point of view and expresses Coleridge's wish that he could recall the rest of the dream. .......The poem,therefore,centers in part on the dream itself and then on the author's response to the disappearance of its images. Complete Title .......The complete title of the poem is "Kubla Khan,or a Vision in a Dream.A Fragment."Fragment here indicates that the poem presents a description of only part of the images in the dream. Summary .......Coleridge dreams about the great Mongolian ruler Kubla(Kublai)Khan's construction of a stately palace in Xanadu.Upon awakening,he begins writing a poem about the dream.He says walls and towers enclose the Khan's palace and grounds,made up of"twice five miles"(line 6)of land abounding with gardens and winding streams,as well as trees with fragrant blossoms.Downground were inclosed with a wall.” Coleridge then dreamed about the abode of the Mongol leader, usually referred to in history books as Kublai Khan. .......Kublai became emperor of China in 1260 and proclaimed the establishment of his own Yuan dynasty in 1271. His capital was Ta-tu (present-day Beijing), but he maintained a summer residence in southeastern Mongolia at K'ai P'ing, also known as Shang-tu or Shangdu and, in Coleridge's poem, as Xanadu. .......After Marco Polo visited Xanadu in 1275, he wrote, There is at this place a very fine marble Palace, the rooms of which are all gilt and painted with figures of men and beasts and birds, and with a variety of trees and flowers, all executed with such exquisite art that you regard them with delight and astonishment. .......Round this Palace a wall is built, inclosing a compass of 16 miles, and inside the Park there are fountains and rivers and brooks, and beautiful meadows, with all kinds of wild animals (excluding such as are of ferocious nature), which the Emperor has procured and placed there to supply food for his gerfalcons and hawks, which he keeps there in mew. .......The Lord abides at this Park of his, dwelling sometimes in the Marble Palace and sometimes inthe Cane Palace for three months of the year, to wit, June, July, and August; preferring this residencebecause it is by no means hot; in fact it is a very cool place. (translated from Italian by Henry Yule) .......After waking up, Coleridge began writing in third-person point of view what was to be a long poem aboutthe dream. However, a visitor interrupted him at line thirty-six and occupied his time for about an hour. When Coleridge resumed writing, he forgot the rest of the details of the dream. As all of us are well aware, dream images are elusive. When we awake from a dream, its images often fade away unless we immediately write down what we experienced. .......Line 37 of the poem shifts from third-person to first-person point of view and expresses Coleridge's wish that he could recall the rest of the dream. .......The poem, therefore, centers in part on the dream itself and then on the author's response to the disappearance of its images. Complete Title .......The complete title of the poem is “Kubla Khan, or a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment.” Fragment here indicates that the poem presents a description of only part of the images in the dream. Summary .......Coleridge dreams about the great Mongolian ruler Kubla (Kublai) Khan's construction of a stately palace in Xanadu. Upon awakening, he begins writing a poem about the dream. He says walls and towers enclose the Khan's palace and grounds, made up of "twice five miles" (line 6) of land abounding with gardens and winding streams, as well as trees with fragrant blossoms. Down