"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth are poems from the romanticism period. Both poems share common characteristics and have some contrasting traits. The presence of romanticism, the fact that both are written after the incident or dream took place, and the difference in reality and imagination are very important in analyzing these poems. One characteristic that "Kubla Khan" and "Lines Written a Few …showed first 75 words of 514 total…

…showed last 75 words of 514 total…that set the two poems apart. The two poems, "Kubla Khan" and "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey," are alike yet very different. Both poems explore the aspects of nature and feelings, thus proving their status as romantic poetry. In addition, both poems were written after the original event or dream took place. Finally, they are different in the fact that one story actually takes place, and the other is merely a dream.