On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer Flashcards
1
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What era was On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer written in?
A
Georgian era
2
Q
What type of poet was John Keats?
A
Romantic poet, as well as the love of nature they also believed in the importance of imagination and expressing ideas in an emotional passionate way
3
Q
What inspired Keats?
A
He read Chapman’s translation of Homer on a night in 1815 when he and his friend Cowden Clarke spent the whole night reading it, the next morning the friend found this sonnet at the breakfast table
4
Q
What has been recently discovered
A
Uranus which is alluded to in the poem
5
Q
What type of poem is it?
A
A petrarchan sonnet
6
Q
What does the octet do?
A
Describes the effect the book had on him
7
Q
What does the sestet do?
A
Compared himself to other people who have discovered incredible things
