"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" : Key info
"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" is a notable literary work by John Keats. A complete discussion of this literary work is given, which will help you enhance your literary skills and prepare for the exam. Read the Main texts, Key info, Summary, Themes, Characters, Literary devices, Quotations, Notes, to various questions of "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer".
Key info
Author: John Keats (1795-1821)
Original Title: “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”
Title of the Author: The Poet of Beauty
Written Date: October 1816
Published Date: First published in The Examiner in 1816 and later in Poems (1817), Keats’s first collection.
Meter: Iambic Pentameter
Tone: Admiration
Genre: Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet
Total Lines: 14
Stanzas: 2, Octave and Sestet
Rhyme Scheme: Octave and Sestet, ABBAABBA CDCDCD.
Setting: Time Setting: In the early 19th century.
Place Setting: London, England, while reading the works of the ancient Greek poet Homer, who was freely translated by the Elizabethan playwright George Chapman.