Famous poems with magical themes?
Also there's always the classical standard, Kubla Khan, By Samuel Taylor Coleridge In Xanadu did Kublai Khan A stately Pleasure-Dome decree, Where Alph, the sacred river ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers was 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, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. But, oh! That deep, romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill, athwart a cedarn cover: A savage place! As holy and enchanted As e’er beneath the waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her Demon Lover! And from this chasm with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if this Earth in fast, thick pants were breathing, A mighty fountain momently was forced, Amid whose swift, half-intermitted burst Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail; And ‘midst these dancing rocks at once and ever, It flung up momently the sacred river! Five miles meandering with ever a mazy motion, Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, Then reached the caverns measureless to man, And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean. And ‘mid this tumult, Kublai heard from far Ancestral voices prophesying war! The shadow of the Dome of Pleasure Floated midway on the waves, Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves. It was a miracle of rare device: A sunny Pleasure-Dome with caves of ice! A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such deep delight ‘twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome within the air! That sunny dome, those caves of ice, And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry: “Beware! Beware! His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle ’round him thrice, And close your eyes in holy dread: For he on honeydew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise!”
5 Poems With The Same Theme?
The following site has ten poems for you to choose from. They are famous, published poems about love... http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-love-poems... -
What is the Theme of the poem "David"?
Earle Birney is a famous Canadian poet. In David he writes about a young boy called Bobbie who meets a slightly older and more experienced boy called David while they are working together in a surveying team in the Rocky Mountains. Bobbie falls in love with the older David, and they start to take manly walks in the Rocky Mountain wilderness together. We are not precisely told if they have a sexual relationship - but it sounds likely (Then the two of us rolled in the blanket ). Most of the poem is just about how fine it is to be out walking in the Rocky Mountains when you are young and in love - but later in the poem David falls badly on the mountain. He is so seriously injured that there is no chance that he can be rescued in time, so he begs Bobbie to throw him over the cliff-edge, so that he can die suddenly and not have to face the lingering end of death from exposure. Bobbie throws David over the cliff. There are several themes in this poem, including: #1: It is a very fine thing to be in love when you are young. #2: The Canadian Rocky Mountains are picturesque. #3: It is very manly, but also a little tragic to be gay. #4: It is better to die quickly than to face a lingering and painful death. #5: If you truly love someone, you will kill them, if that is the best thing to do for them.