The poem “Kubla Khan” or “A Vision in a Dream”, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was composed in 1797 and published in 1816 and is one of the most famous poems and Coleridge's most controversial works of the period. romantic period. It is also known as the "Fragmentary Vision" and a copy of the manuscript can be seen in the British Museum in London. The poem itself has unusual rhythm, rhyme, simile and symbolism and has been the subject of controversy and discussion among poets in centuries past. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was a writer and poet who greatly influenced other poets. He suffered from depression and opiate addiction throughout his life. Coleridge wrote the poem "Kubla Khan", allegedly after waking up from an opiate-induced dream. He admitted that it was a fragment of a poem because his work was interrupted and he was unable to finish writing the poem, unable to fully remember the dream. There have been controversies and criticisms over the poem “Kubla Khan” for centuries. Originally, critics of Coleridge's time did not find the poem even worthy of criticism. According to Poetry Criticism Volume 39, "When first published, many contemporary critics considered the apparent poetic fragment to be 'nonsense' or 'below criticism.' (Gale 119). Over the past few years and up to the present day, the poem “Kubla Khan” has been the subject of much criticism, making it a popular poem to be analyzed scholastically. This could be because Coleridge's lifestyle may have influenced people's reaction to his work. Notably, Coleridge is now considered a leader of the Romantic poetry movement. As noted in Poetry Criticism Volume 39, "Most critics recognize that the juxtaposing images, motifs, and ideas explored in the poem are strongly representative of Romanticism... middle of paper... and readers with many of the same critical issues that confounded his contemporary critics. Its textual history remains unclear, Coleridge's preliminary explanation for the poem's production is often considered doubtful, and scholars simply cannot agree on what it "means" or if it means anything. Most readers interpret “Kubla Khan” as an allegory of the creative process, relying heavily on a perpetual romantic formulation of redemptive imagination. Although Samuel Taylor Coleridge suffered a life of debt and opiate addiction due to neurological and rheumatic pain, he produced great literary works. revolutionary work and the key development of romantic poetry. He was very reflective and also an expert critic of Shakespearean literature. Despite his setbacks, Coleridge's many accomplishments made him an icon for writers and poets throughout history..