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Help[Opinions] Re: Xanadu
in reply to a message by Chanel
Only for Coleridge fans.
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For many years I couldn't recite that poem without crying. Can I today? The theory remains untested.
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On a two-hour bus trip with a friend, after a long day in the big city, we kept awake by reciting it from memory, helping each other when we got stuck. I don't think we finished it, but it served its purpose.
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Eh, it only takes about 3 minutes to recite. Maybe you're thinking of the Rime of the Ancient Mariner...
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Nope! I'm only too well aware of how hard it was for us to remember Kublai Khan after many years of neglect! And stumbling blocks, like "What comes before 'in a vision once I saw'?", slowed us down dreadfully.
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