Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThen all the charm Is broken--all that phantom-world so fair Vanishes, and a thousand circlets spread, And each mis-shape the other.
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Then all the charm Is broken--all that phantom-world so fair Vanishes, and a thousand circlets spread, And each mis-shape the other. This is a metaphor for how we remember and forget things. We can be like a piece of wax and we can be molded in different ways and come back to our original shape. We can make ourselves into what we want; we can be moldable.
But we can also forget who we are and what we've been. This poem is talking about the way that something that seemed beautiful, but wasn't real, turns into something that is just as beautiful in your mind.
Source: Kubla Khan
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