List of top English Questions on Kubla khan asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Does the poem have a real geographical location? How does the poet mix up the real and the imaginary to give a sense of the surreal?

Pick out
1. contrasting images that are juxtaposed throughout the poem.
2. images that strike the eye and images that strike the ear, both positive and negative.
3. the words used to describe the movement of water.

What is the discordant note heard at the end of the third stanza? Can we relate this to the grandeur and turmoil that are a part of an emperor’s life?

Which are the lines that refer to magical elements?

What is poetic ecstasy likened to?

The poem is a fragment. What do you think has made it a lasting literary piece?