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John Keats techniques to evoke the readers senses

other with wild surmise.) Keats’s theme in the poem is that when a person reads Homer, he or she becomes a member of a company of people who have discovered Homer.One of the most well known mistakes in Keats’s poem is how he refers to Cortez discovering the Pacific. Keats was most probably referring to Balboa’s discovery of the Pacific. But the mistake however does not interfere with the imaginative and evoking aspects of the poem for Keats wanted the to describe his sensation as “At length the Indians assured them, that from the top of the next mountain they should discover the ocean which was the object of their wishes. When, with infinite toil, they had climbed up the greater part of the steep ascent, Balboa commanded his men to halt, and alone to the summit, that he might be the first who should enjoy a spectacle which he had so long desired. As soon as he beheld the South Sea stretching in endless prospect below him, he fell on his knees, and lifting up his hands to Heaven, returned thanks to God, who had conducted him to a discovery so beneficial to his country, and so honorable to himself. His followers, observing his transports of joy, rushed forward to join in his wonder, exultation, and gratitude”Keats’s poems very often uses comparison and metaphors extensively to evoke the readers emotions. One other such poet would be A.D Hope in his poem Phallus where Hope makes comparisons to, “gods’ god, divine divining rod and wooden horse receives into your Troy. Phallus may be seen as one of the most metaphoric poems ever written, where each line is ambiguous. Keats uses the metaphors, comparisons and extremely sense evoking images to allow the reader to see and feel what he feels and to sense what he senses. ...

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