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... character rather than with the speaker , whose presence they tend to discount or forget.3 We are told what sights confront Satan , but those sights are described for us in the language of the narrator , POINT OF VIEW [ 51.
... character rather than with the speaker , whose presence they tend to discount or forget.3 We are told what sights confront Satan , but those sights are described for us in the language of the narrator , POINT OF VIEW [ 51.
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... described flying " swift as a shooting Starr / In Autumn thwarts the night " ( IV , 556-557 ) . The dwarfing of Satan's followers is described in a double comparison which by its allusions to particulars evokes the sense of won- der ...
... described flying " swift as a shooting Starr / In Autumn thwarts the night " ( IV , 556-557 ) . The dwarfing of Satan's followers is described in a double comparison which by its allusions to particulars evokes the sense of won- der ...
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... described , the spot to which Adam and Michael have as- cended : It was a Hill Of Paradise the highest , from whose top The Hemisphere of Earth in cleerest Ken Stretcht out to amplest reach of prospect lay . ( XI , 377-380 ) The tone of ...
... described , the spot to which Adam and Michael have as- cended : It was a Hill Of Paradise the highest , from whose top The Hemisphere of Earth in cleerest Ken Stretcht out to amplest reach of prospect lay . ( XI , 377-380 ) The tone of ...
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abstract meanings Adam and Eve Adam's Fall Adam's story adjective allegory allusions angels Areopagitica argument asso associated beauty bird blind bard characters circle comparisons concrete and abstract contrast created creation critical darkness described device diction divine dramatic Earth elaborate epic introductions Eve's evoke experience express extended similes fables Faerie Queene fallen reader fallen world familiar feel Fortunate Fall God's guage Heaven Hell heroic illumination illustrate images inner light innocence inspired narrator interpretation invocation lines loss Lycidas Milton's epic mortal vision narrative voice narrator's nature noun Paradise Lost particular passage pastoral poetry pattern physical poet poetry qualities Raphael rator reality recognize references reminds sacred metaphors Samson Agonistes Satan scene sense shades shape share song speaker speech Spenser's story structure style syntax thee thir thou throughout the poem tion tone tradition true pastoral world truth unfallen unique unity vision words