keats
In John Keats poem “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” Keats uses vivid imagery in order to convey his experience to the reader. In this essay we will be looking at some metaphors as well as similes that Keats uses. ... In the first sentence Keats wrote of many glamorous places he has been. ... Keats uses a metaphor to say that he has heard that Homer’s writing was better and has no boundaries. ... After reading Chapman’s Homer Keats felt so exuberant and he explains it using similes. Keats uses the emotion of a “watcher of the skies”(line 9) when he discovers a “new planet”(line 10) to emphasis how he felt after reading Chapman’s version.