Label the rhyme scheme of the poem, beginning with a

On first looking into Chapman's Homer

Much have I travel'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

Oft of one wide expanse had been told

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That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;

Yet did I never breathe its pure serene

Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold:

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 star'd at the Pacific-and all his men

Look'd at each other with a wild surmise-

Silent, upon a peak in Darien

-John Keats

The answer is explained below.

Explanation:

The rhyme scheme means the ordered pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or verse. To indicate the pattern, letter starting from a are put next to the end of the line:

On first looking into Chapman's Homer

Much have I travel'd in the realms of gold, - a

And many goodly states and kingdoms seen - b

Round many western islands have I been - b

Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold - a

Oft of one wide expanse had been told - a

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That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne; - c

Yet did I never breathe its pure serene - c

Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: a

Then felt I like some watcher of the skies - d

When a new planet swims into his ken, - c

Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes - d

He star'd at the Pacific-and all his men - c

Look'd at each other with a wild surmise - d

Silent, upon a peak in Darien - c

Answer:The different structure would provide variety for the reader