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    Who interrupted Coleridge while he was composing the poem 'Kublai Kahn'? An eponym was created in his honor which means "to interrupt rudely."

    Question #41766. Asked by simplesummer. (Nov 30 03 4:01 AM)


    tjoebigham

    		The eponym is "porlock" after the "person from Porlock" who asked Coleridge for directions after the poet awoke from an opium dream.

    Nov 30 03, 4:12 AM

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