on first looking into chapman's homer

Question 1

‘travell’d in the realms of gold’

Answer 1

experienced

value of the arts

literature is the gold he’s found - homer is a shining example of human culture

mythical language suggests he’s yet to feel at home in this domain

Question 2

‘western islands’

Answer 2

experienced western writers

alienated from islands of literature

Question 3

‘fealty to apollo’

Answer 3

pledge allegiance

greek god of poetry and music

keats is religiously committed to literature

Question 4

‘wide expanse’

Answer 4

elongated vowel sounds

awe inspiring

Question 5

‘demense’

Answer 5

homer possesses a wide expanse of poetic property

ownership of land

Question 6

‘breathe it’s pure serene’

Answer 6

value of literature - can keep us alive - live it

assonance

Question 7

‘watcher of the skies’

Answer 7

feelings of awe compared to looking at the universe through a telescope

herschel discovered uranus in 1781

Question 8

‘cortez when with eagle eyes’

Answer 8

like discovering a new land

Question 9

‘wild surmise’

Answer 9

long vowels

in awe

Question 10

‘silent, upon a peak in darien’

Answer 10

panama

caesura - speechless

links to how keats views literature

Question 11

structure

Answer 11

italian sonnet - love of art

caesura - awe

enjambment - reflects the idea of a journey

Question 11

headlines

Answer 11

the power of literature

the importance of appreciating literature

there are in life moments of absolute

disregarding facts for feeling

the power of discovery

experiences cannot be vicarious

the ancients as a treasure