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COMMENTARY ON  ¡Ã‚ §On First Looking Into Chapman ¡Ã‚ ¦s Homer ¡Ã‚ ¨ This poem is an expression of how the poet John Keats felt after rediscovering Homer ¡Ã‚ ¦s  ¡Ã‚ §The Odyssey and the Iliad ¡Ã‚ ¨ when he read Chapman ¡Ã‚ ¦s English translation of this Greek classic. To express this he uses the form of a sonnet, with fourteen lines, every set of two lines rhyming. The first four lines are one long sentence consisting mainly as metaphors to summarize his full meaning in whole.  ¡Ã‚ §Much have I travell ¡Ã‚ ¦d in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen ¡Ã‚ ¨. This can be understood only in a  ¡Ã‚ §literary ¡Ã‚ ¨ and not a  ¡Ã‚ §literal ¡Ã‚ ¨ sense. I say this because he was relatively poor and probably had traveled very little when he wrote this poem at age 21.* But we know that he had a strong passion for literature. * John Keats is trying to tell us that he has traveled and explored the rich realms of literature.  ¡Ã‚ §Round many western islands I have been which bards in fealty to Apollo hold ¡Ã‚ ¨. Keats is using  ¡Ã‚ §western Islands ¡Ã‚ ¨ to cause us to think of ever new vistas of constant discovery. Keats is stressing the honoured poets (bards) passion and obligation toward the  ¡Ã‚ ¥Art of Poetry ¡Ã‚ ¦ symbolized by the Greek god  ¡Ã‚ ¥Apollo ¡Ã‚ ¦.  ¡Ã‚ §Oft on one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene ¡Ã‚ ¨ Keats is telling us how he had heard about another great kingdom of writing, the serene air of which he had never breathed. (probably because he never learned Greek) * Perhaps Keats is stating Homer ¡Ã‚ ¦s deep intellect with the term  ¡Ã‚ §deep-brow ¡Ã‚ ¦d ¡Ã‚ ¨.  ¡Ã‚ §Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; ¡Ã‚ ¨ Even though this is mid-sentence, I see this, as the pivotal point of the poem, where Keats starts to express his emotions towards Chapman ¡... Free Essays on On First Looking Into Chapmans Homer Free Essays on On First Looking Into Chapmans Homer COMMENTARY ON  ¡Ã‚ §On First Looking Into Chapman ¡Ã‚ ¦s Homer ¡Ã‚ ¨ This poem is an expression of how the poet John Keats felt after rediscovering Homer ¡Ã‚ ¦s  ¡Ã‚ §The Odyssey and the Iliad ¡Ã‚ ¨ when he read Chapman ¡Ã‚ ¦s English translation of this Greek classic. To express this he uses the form of a sonnet, with fourteen lines, every set of two lines rhyming. The first four lines are one long sentence consisting mainly as metaphors to summarize his full meaning in whole.  ¡Ã‚ §Much have I travell ¡Ã‚ ¦d in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen ¡Ã‚ ¨. This can be understood only in a  ¡Ã‚ §literary ¡Ã‚ ¨ and not a  ¡Ã‚ §literal ¡Ã‚ ¨ sense. I say this because he was relatively poor and probably had traveled very little when he wrote this poem at age 21.* But we know that he had a strong passion for literature. * John Keats is trying to tell us that he has traveled and explored the rich realms of literature.  ¡Ã‚ §Round many western islands I have been which bards in fealty to Apollo hold ¡Ã‚ ¨. Keats is using  ¡Ã‚ §western Islands ¡Ã‚ ¨ to cause us to think of ever new vistas of constant discovery. Keats is stressing the honoured poets (bards) passion and obligation toward the  ¡Ã‚ ¥Art of Poetry ¡Ã‚ ¦ symbolized by the Greek god  ¡Ã‚ ¥Apollo ¡Ã‚ ¦.  ¡Ã‚ §Oft on one wide expanse had I been told That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene ¡Ã‚ ¨ Keats is telling us how he had heard about another great kingdom of writing, the serene air of which he had never breathed. (probably because he never learned Greek) * Perhaps Keats is stating Homer ¡Ã‚ ¦s deep intellect with the term  ¡Ã‚ §deep-brow ¡Ã‚ ¦d ¡Ã‚ ¨.  ¡Ã‚ §Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; ¡Ã‚ ¨ Even though this is mid-sentence, I see this, as the pivotal point of the poem, where Keats starts to express his emotions towards Chapman ¡...