NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 4 Kubla Khan

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NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 4 Kubla Khan are provided in this article with the download link. The poem Kubla Khan is written by the renowned poet and critic from the romantic era S.T. Coleridge This poem portrays a dreamlike romantic situation where humans can interact with nature. Coleridge is well known for his long poems and Kubla Khan is a perfect example of those poems.

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Kubla Khan Summary

Kubla Khan is a 54 line poem that includes three stanzas without any definite patterns. The setting of the poem is a dreamlike state with a unique connection to nature. 

  • Coleridge begins the poem with the description of Kubla Khan’s mystical capital which is situated near the Alps and is surrounded by deep jungle.
  • In the next stanza, the poet provided a detailed description of the imaginary secret river and how it flows above and under the ground.
  • In the third stanza the narrative style changes into the first person narrative from the third person narrative.
  • In this part Coleridge describes a woman who is playing a string instrument. He also describes a man in his frenzy state.
  • This poem includes a lot of imagery that helps the readers to visualize the scene vividly.

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CBSE CLASS XII Related Questions

  • 1.
    Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
    Pity would be no more
    If we did not make somebody Poor;
    And Mercy no more could be
    If all were as happy as we.
    And mutual fear brings peace,
    Till the selfish loves increase:
    Then Cruelty knits a snare,
    And spreads his baits with care.
    He sits down with holy fears,
    And waters the ground with tears;
    Then Humility takes its root
    Underneath his foot.
    (The Human Abstract)


      • 2.
        Why was Margayya's house known as 'Tooth Powder House'?


          • 3.
            Read the following poem ‘The Rain’ by Kamala Das :
            We left that old ungainly house
            When my dog died there, after
            The burial, after the rose
            Flowered twice, pulling it by its
            Roots and carting it with our books,
            Clothes and chairs in a hurry.
            We live in a new house now,
            And, the roofs do not leak, but, when
            It rains here, I see the rain drench
            That empty house, I hear it fall
            Where my puppy now lies.
            Alone..
            Based on your understanding of the poem, answer the questions given below:


              • 4.
                Why did Margayya refuse to part with his purse?


                  • 5.
                    Why did the long-tailed, black-faced langur advise the tiger to take great care to avoid going near a porcupine?


                      • 6.
                        In the novel 'A Tiger for Malgudi', why does the tiger say 'crow is a treacherous bird'?

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