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Same thing with poem "Kubla Khan". Coleridge was interrupted and couldn't finish the poem. Mention here since it is often referred to as an enlightened moment
by FrustratedMonky 3y ago
Same thing with poem "Kubla Khan".
Coleridge was interrupted and couldn't finish the poem.
Mention here since it is often referred to as an enlightened moment that was lost.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_from_Porlock
- fsckboy 3y agofrom the link: Elisabeth Schneider suggested that this prologue, as well as the person from Porlock, was fictional and intended as a credible explanation of the poem's seemingly fragmentary state as published. The poet Stevie Smith also suggested this view in one of her own poems, saying "the truth is I think, he was already stuck".