On First Looking at Chapman's Homer
by John Keats (excerpt)

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
When a new planet swims into his ken;
Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
He stared at the Pacific—and all his men
Looked at each other with a wild surmise—
Silent, upon a peak in Darien
How does the allusion to Cortez contribute to the tone of this passage from a poem?

It emphasizes a sense of awe struck wonder.

It creates a learned tone.

It emphasizes a sense of excitement.

It leads up to a climax

Question

On First Looking at Chapman's Homer
 by John Keats (excerpt)

 Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
     When a new planet swims into his ken;
 Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes
     He stared at the Pacific—and all his men
 Looked at each other with a wild surmise—
    Silent, upon a peak in Darien
How does the allusion to Cortez contribute to the tone of this passage from a poem?

It emphasizes a sense of awe struck wonder. 



It creates a learned tone. 



It emphasizes a sense of excitement. 



It leads up to a climax

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