Romanticism. A time when the margins of art bubbled up in the imagination of the individual. Which captured each artist's ornate perception of their mental and physical world. In a completely chaotic whirlwind of obscure natural concoctions and bizarre stylistic approach, Samuel Taylor Coleridge impeccably models the broader spectrum of Romantic literature in his infamous poem "Kubla Khan." Through its obscure structural foundations and recurring syntactic elements, Coleridge guides us into a dreamlike trance through the "pleasure dome" of Xanadu, a portal into the fascinating mind of one of the world's greatest romantics. At first glance at “Kubla Khan,” the disorganized plot and peculiar organization seem indecipherable. Its extremely abstract storyline is largely, if not entirely, attributed to Coleridge's earlier mental state, who fell asleep in an opium-induced haze. According to Coleridge, the last sentence he read before his body fell into sleep was taken from the Purchas Pilgrimage: "Here the Khan Kubla ordered the building of a majestic palace and garden. And so ten miles of fertile land were surrounded by a wall. Then Coleridge dozed for three hours, during which he had a vivid vision. Upon waking up, the poet's first thought was to capture his memories; he composed the lines that could most accurately describe his unique experience, until, rather embarrassingly, he was interrupted by a visitor. Returning to his work, Coleridge found that his mental snapshot had simply dissipated and only a few disoriented lines remained before him (Knapp). Coleridge's complex dream is reflected in the structural complexity of "Kubla Khan", evi. .... middle of paper ...... as it is often believed that at the end of life, the almighty and lofty overseer reveals himself. Perhaps Coleridge's dream served to reveal the reality of his spiritual inferiority; emphasize that there are only beings capable of understanding the mysterious and sacred flow of life; to prove that there is a being who can truly reside in the higher realms of Heaven. Works Cited Knapp, James. “Samuel Taylor Coleridge.” The Norton Anthology of Poetry. WW Norton & Company, 2005. Web. February 23, 2012. “Poets’ Corner Explained: “Kubla Khan.” Gale Cengage Learning. NP, 1997. Web. February 26, 2012. .Schroeder, Jurgen. “Analysis/interpretation of Kubla Khan.” Analysis and music of romantic poems by JM Schroeder. NP, 2002. Web. February 26 2012. .