A Reader's Guide to John MiltonMarjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes. |
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... sense , " arrive before them , " because he was an unknown young singer and his gift much more humble than theirs . When he said in his sonnet on Fairfax , “ Thy firm unshaken virtue ever brings Vic- tory home , " the word virtue has ...
... sense , " arrive before them , " because he was an unknown young singer and his gift much more humble than theirs . When he said in his sonnet on Fairfax , “ Thy firm unshaken virtue ever brings Vic- tory home , " the word virtue has ...
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... sense of " stop " or hinder , ” but in its Latin sense , “ prae ve- nire " : to " arrive first or before . " The main part of the poem Milton called the " Hymn , " not neces- sarily implying that it is to be set to music , although it ...
... sense of " stop " or hinder , ” but in its Latin sense , “ prae ve- nire " : to " arrive first or before . " The main part of the poem Milton called the " Hymn , " not neces- sarily implying that it is to be set to music , although it ...
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... sense of confusion and an uncounted number of carcasses and chariots . And notice ( as in Lycidas ) the underlying water - imagery of brooks in Vallambrosa and the Red Sea , appropriate because the fallen angels are still lying on the ...
... sense of confusion and an uncounted number of carcasses and chariots . And notice ( as in Lycidas ) the underlying water - imagery of brooks in Vallambrosa and the Red Sea , appropriate because the fallen angels are still lying on the ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid appear Areopagitica basic begins Belial Biblical blind Book XI called Cambridge character Chorus Christ Christian classical climax Comus Council Scene Creation critics Dalilah dark death deity deliberately Diodati drama earth elegy English epic Eve's eyes fallen angels familiar father feel Genesis Greek hear Heaven Hell Il Penseroso implied Italian John Milton King L'Allegro Lady later Latin Lawes learned light lines living Ludlow Castle Lycidas Mammon masque memory Milton wrote mind modern Moloch mood Muse Nativity Ode Nature pagan Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained paraphrase particularly passage Penseroso phrase Pindar poem poet poetry Prologue Psalms Puritan Raphael Reason Renaissance rhyme rises Samson Agonistes Satan says seems sestet shepherd sing song sonnet sound speech Spenser Spirit stanza suggested temptation thee theme thou Tillyard tion tradition University verse word write written young youth