Choose a poem which describes a person’s experience. Explain how the poetic techniques used to describe the experience make the poem more interesting

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“On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” was written by John Keats in October 1816. Chapman, George Chapman is who translated the works of Homer, the great Greek poet “father of poets”. This poem is in the form of a sonnet which has fourteen lines. It was considered Keats’ first major poem, and it is about poetry, it includes a metaphor, “travell’d through the realms of gold” which is one of Keats’ poetic techniques which means Keats read lots of books and it is what inspired him. This poem includes an image of a Spanish soldier and adventurer Cortez and his men staring at the Pacific (Cortez conquered Mexico in 1519 meaning he was more a warrior than explorer. This shows Keats’ own ambitions as a poet). In this poem Keats talks about circumnavigating the world of literature and he explains in detail, what books he is reading. which is what makes this poem more interesting. The main theme of is this poem is discovery, where Keats is talking about his discoveries in his books.
The first quatrain of the poem tells us how Keats’ discovers the world and he includes many poetic techniques which make the poem more interesting. The first line starts with, “Much have I travell’d”. It includes an inversion which puts emphasis on “Much” which tells the reader how much he has read. Secondly “travall’d”, this is a metaphor for reading and it is a poetic technique that makes the poem more interesting. In the second line Keats is talking about what kind of places he has been to. “And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;” “goodly” is another metaphor for worthy literature. “states” and “kingdoms” are also metaphors telling the reader what kind of places he has been. In the third line, “Round many western islands have I been” Keats is telling the...

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...mage is about the opening up of the world – sharing the experience with his men. Keats is sharing the his insight with the readers. The last line of the poem, “Silent, upon a peak in Darien”, has comma which allows the reader to pause and take in the effect of the discovery of the mountain top in Darien. Keats, in the last part of the poem (sestet) has said many poetic techniques which have made the poem more interesting. Like inversions, similes and parenthesis.
The poem “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” is about Keats travelled through the world of literature with his books. He is teller the reader in full detail about his journeys through his books and sharing with the reader his insight towards where has been. This poem is full of poetic techniques which have made the poem more interesting and Keats has successfully described the experience of his travels.

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