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To celebrate National Poetry Day 2026 and this year's theme of 'wonder', poet Daljit Nagra revisits the Â鶹Éç's poetry archive and selects Adventures in Poetry - John Keats: On First Looking into Chapman's Homer. Keats was only 21 when he wrote this poem and a medical student. It's a story about spontaneity and excitement. It's the first great poem that Keats writes. Six years after this he wrote the great odes and the poems on which his reputation depends. Keats was reading Homer because all things classical and especially ancient Greek were fashionable at the beginning of the 19th century. Presented by Peggy Reynolds Producers: Sara Davies and Tim Dee First broadcast on Â鶹Éç Radio 4 in 2009.