On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer, is made of two distinct parts. In the first part of Keats's poem the speaker is expressing his experiences prior to reading Chapman's translation of Homer. At the beginning of the poem the speaker says, "Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold..."(Keats). The second section of the poem provides comparisons that contrast the speaker's revelatory experience after reading Chapman's translation of Homer.
             Chapman's translations are alive with expressions, which brings forth various explanations about Homer. The speaker in Keats poem expresses how intense his new experiences are after reading the translations. The speaker uses two comparisons to explain his emotions after discovering Chapman's translation of Homer. These two comparisons are extremely different, even though both deal with discovery (Dilworth). It is obvious that the speaker has second thoughts on his first comparison because he speaks of the second in more emotion and detail.
             After reading Chapman's translation of Homer he compares this revelatory experience to, "Then I felt like some watcher of the skies...When a new planet swims into his ken" (Keats). This comparison explains that reading these translations is like finding and exploring a new planet. Someone reading this poem may interpret this comparison as an extensive display of deep emotion. However after reading this poem several times, this comparison is not as strong as I thought. You cannot walk on a planet and explore it, and get to know it the way you get to know islands and states. The speaker describes that whereas other poets seem to be given an actual piece of earth such as a state, a kingdom or an island, Homer is different (University of Toronto).
             The second comparison, "Or like stout Cortez, when with eagle eyes... He star'd at the Pacific-and all his men
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