A good example of this is in stanza 2 when Coleridge describes caverns measureless to man and a sacred river ran through it. He describes the cavern as having ceaseless turmoil seething from the cavern and says it is as if the earth the breathing, as well as having rocks fall a scared river throwing it up in a fountain until it sank into and sunless sea. His choice of words like turmoil and description of the river and earth show that the carven in Xanadu is not a peaceful place. This is also shown in stanza 2 (19-20) when Coleridge says “And ’mid this tumult Kubla heard from far, Ancestral voices prophesying war”. This shows the even in the least orderly times if people listen they will hear voices giving help even if they are far away. And
