Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sonnet Xi. On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer Comments
Rating: ★2.6
Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,
And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;
Round many western islands have I been
Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.
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7/19/2025 8:42:05 PM # 1.0.0
One of the first sonnets I learned. It has everything, imagery 'realms of gold', allusion to Homer and the English translation by Chapman, allusion to Cortez seeing the Pacific Ocean for the first time, 'Silent, upon a peak in Darien'. This sonnet, especially the ending, takes me into another world.