On first looking into Chapman's Homer
John Keats
1795 to 1821
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
Round many western islands have I been
Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
Looked at each other with a wild surmise—
That deep-brow'd Homer rul'd as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He star'd at the Pacific—and all his men