A Comparison Between Coleridge’s Kubla Khan and Li Bai’s Tianmu Mountain Ascended in A Dream

The comparisons between Coleridge and Li Bai represent two kinds of thinking patterns.The former stands for culture of opi um,total romanticism and huge space of imagination.However,Li Bai is a representative of culture of alcohol.To some extent,he is practical.Readers can sense disappointment in his poem.