The latter is usually, and quite reductively, associated exclusively with love and nature. Yet, what makes texts “romantic” is, first and foremost, subjective imagination in relation to Nature. As such, one would expect this text to dwell on some feelings raised by an otherwise “unromantic” occasion: “First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”. This title provides the framework of the text: “First looking into” a translated Homer is likened to the exploration of a new, if poetical, universe. “Looking into” this work suggests that it overwhelmed the speaker and kindled their curiosity. Moreover, exploration is expressed through the genitive “Chapman’s Homer”. This text is a gateway to an unknown universe by means of this translation. As such, the title of this poem can be likened to a topic sentence providing the setting of the forthcoming events and, thus, preparing the poem’s mood by specifying the stimulus behind
The latter is usually, and quite reductively, associated exclusively with love and nature. Yet, what makes texts “romantic” is, first and foremost, subjective imagination in relation to Nature. As such, one would expect this text to dwell on some feelings raised by an otherwise “unromantic” occasion: “First Looking into Chapman’s Homer”. This title provides the framework of the text: “First looking into” a translated Homer is likened to the exploration of a new, if poetical, universe. “Looking into” this work suggests that it overwhelmed the speaker and kindled their curiosity. Moreover, exploration is expressed through the genitive “Chapman’s Homer”. This text is a gateway to an unknown universe by means of this translation. As such, the title of this poem can be likened to a topic sentence providing the setting of the forthcoming events and, thus, preparing the poem’s mood by specifying the stimulus behind