Read the passage.

and on her dulcimer she played,
singing of mount abora.
could i revive within me
her symphony and song,
to such a deep delight ‘twould win me…

in the excerpt from samuel taylor coleridge’s “kubla kahn,” which event does the narrator want to repeat?

the vision he saw of mount abora

the voices that kubla khan told him he had heard

the sound of a woman’s singing and playing

the sound that he heard in the caves of ice

description

Directions: in 2 - 3 paragraphs respond to mack's idea about the "interplay of life and literature" in lines 92 - 100 in " why read shakespeare". 1. explain what it means to say that finding meaning in shakespeare "is a sort of proving ground for finding beauty and meaning in life". provide reasons that support your claim. 2. explain which is more important - that literature teaches readers about life or that understanding life readers understand literature. identify examples from literature you have read. 3. summarize your view of the interplay between literature and your own lives, explaining whether you see a connection or not and why.