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How do these final lines from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor

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The last lines bring the poem to a CLIMACTIC close. Flashing eyes evoke the image of passionate creativity. By talking about "holy dread," Coleridge suggests that creation is both SACRED and demonic.

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