Where Alph,the sacred river,ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea................... .5 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,................... .10 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Internal Rhyme .......Internal rhyme also occurs in the poem,as in the following lines. So twice five miles of fertile ground(line 6) With walls and towers were girdled round (line 7) But oh!that deep romantic chasm which slanted(line 12) Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!(line 13) And from this chasm,with ceaseless turmoil seething (line 17) As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing(line 18) Floated midway on the waves (line 32) .......Sometimes a syllable within one line echoes the sound of a syllable (or syllables)within a previous line.Note,for example,the following: Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless.sea.(line 4-5) So twice five miles of fertile.ground With walls and towers were girdledround(lines 6-7) Meter .......The poem opens with four lines in iambic iambic tetrameter.The first line demonstrates the pattern. 12.3.4 In XAN..J..a DU.|..did KUB..|..la KHAN The poem then shifts to lines of varying length,usually with iambic feet.For example,line 10 is in iambic pentameter. .1.23.4 5 And HERE...were FOR....ests AN....cient AS...the HILLS Line 43 is in iambic trimeter. 123 Her SYM..|..phon Y....and SONG Inversion .......Like other poets,Coleridge frequently uses inversion to fashion rhymes and achieve musicality.The following lines are examples: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree (lines 1-2)Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea....................................................5 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,.........................10 Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Internal Rhyme .......Internal rhyme also occurs in the poem, as in the following lines. So twice five miles of fertile ground (line 6) With walls and towers were girdled round (line 7) But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted (line 12) Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! (line 13) And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething (line 17) As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing (line 18) Floated midway on the waves (line 32) .......Sometimes a syllable within one line echoes the sound of a syllable (or syllables) within a previous line. Note, for example, the following: Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless.sea. (line 4-5) So twice five miles of fertile.ground With walls and towers were girdledround (lines 6-7) Meter .......The poem opens with four lines in iambic iambic tetrameter. The first line demonstrates the pattern. ...1..............2...............3............4 In XAN..|..a DU.|..did KUB..|..la KHAN The poem then shifts to lines of varying length, usually with iambic feet. For example, line 10 is in iambic pentameter. .......1..................2................3...............4................5 And HERE..|..were FOR..|..ests AN..|..cient AS..|..the HILLS Line 43 is in iambic trimeter. ......1..............2...............3 Her SYM..|..phon Y..|..and SONG Inversion .......Like other poets, Coleridge frequently uses inversion to fashion rhymes and achieve musicality. The following lines are examples: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree (lines 1-2)