Page 161 - 100 Best Loved Poems - Teaching Unit
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“On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
by John Keats, pages 42-43
Vocabulary
fealty – oath of loyalty
demesne – territory, domain
ken – view, sight
1. At the start of this poem, how does the speaker establish himself as well cultured?
2. The speaker uses two different similes to compare the experience hearing Chapman’s
translation of Homer. Which of these similes is an allusion?
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