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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Page 144
... sestet often limited to two rhymes , although he uses combinations of cde in five English sonnets . Only in one - the sonnet to Cromwell -does he use a final couplet . " On the New Forcers of Conscience , " Milton's one " tailed sonnet ...
... sestet often limited to two rhymes , although he uses combinations of cde in five English sonnets . Only in one - the sonnet to Cromwell -does he use a final couplet . " On the New Forcers of Conscience , " Milton's one " tailed sonnet ...
Page 174
... sestet begins in the eighth line with " Their moans " or in the tenth , with " Their martyred blood and ashes , " nor does it matter , since octave and sestet are magnificently welded into one masterly whole . In Lycidas alone has ...
... sestet begins in the eighth line with " Their moans " or in the tenth , with " Their martyred blood and ashes , " nor does it matter , since octave and sestet are magnificently welded into one masterly whole . In Lycidas alone has ...
Page 174
... sestet begins in the eighth line with “ Their moans " or in the tenth , with " Their martyred blood and ashes , ' nor does it matter , since octave and sestet are magnificently welded into one masterly whole . In Lycidas alone has ...
... sestet begins in the eighth line with “ Their moans " or in the tenth , with " Their martyred blood and ashes , ' nor does it matter , since octave and sestet are magnificently welded into one masterly whole . In Lycidas alone has ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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