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Kubla Khan is considered as one of the greatest masterpieces of the romantic era as it happened “in a sort of Reverie”, under the impact of opium. The poem dwells in binaries. The dark, gloomy, violent river is juxtaposed with the calm, serene surrounding and we get to hear the wailing of the damsel for her “demon lover”. Critics have deconstructed the poem a modern arena where darkness and corruption coexist with apparent innocence and simplicity. The poem also combines Christian, Hinduism and Islamic traits in its symbolic descriptions. The cross positioned on the palace of Xanadu is a reference to Jesus’ cross and the entire poem is based on the hopes of Kubla Khan, who is again from Islamic background. The romantics believed in the Hindu view of Pantheism rather than Monotheism, and the poem hints at the presence of such facts as well. Thus, this poem has emerged as a universal piece of poetry by drawing on broad, universal and all encompassing themes.