This poem discusses "western islands . . . which bards in fealty to Apollo hold" and later the poet comments that he feels like "some watcher of the skies. " The speaker asserts that he never breathed "pure serene" until he heard the title character "speak out loud and bold." This poem declares it was "Silent upon a peak in Darien" when "stout Cortez" first looked at the Pacific, and the poem begins with the speaker commenting, "Much have I traveled in the realms of gold
This poem discusses "western islands . . . which bards in fealty to Apollo hold" and later the poet comments that he feels like "some watcher of the skies. " The speaker asserts that he never breathed "pure serene" until he heard the title character "speak out loud and bold." This poem declares it was "Silent upon a peak in Darien" when "stout Cortez" first looked at the Pacific, and the poem begins with the speaker commenting, "Much have I traveled in the realms of gold." For 10 points, name this poem about reading a translation of the Odyssey, written by John Keats.
This poem discusses "western islands . . . which bards in fealty to Apollo hold" and later the poet comments that he feels like "some watcher of the skies. "
{"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer}"