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5. As mentioned in the introduction, the poem’s final stanza was written after an interruption
from a man from Porlock. What, after reading the poem, could the man be considered a
metaphor of?
6. In the third stanza, the speaker wishes he could recreate the vision of Xanadu he had. Out
of what does he imagine he would build this place?
7. At the end of the poem, why does the speaker believe others would be fearful of the creator
of this “dome in the air”?
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