Who wrote: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan /A stately pleasure dome decree..."?
Correct answer: A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- B. Robert Browning
- C. John Keats
- D. Walt Whitman
Explanation
These lines open Coleridge's fragmentary dream poem Kubla Khan, whose imagery centres on Xanadu and a pleasure dome. The other poets listed did not write this poem.
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