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... 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 , remoteness , and mystery that so often characterizes the narrator's ...
... 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 , remoteness , and mystery that so often characterizes the narrator's ...
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... night is a metaphor in which both terms are literally true and meaningful . His purposes are “ dark , ” and he keeps in dark places : By Night he fled , and at Midnight return'd From compassing the Earth , cautious of day , Since Uriel ...
... night is a metaphor in which both terms are literally true and meaningful . His purposes are “ dark , ” and he keeps in dark places : By Night he fled , and at Midnight return'd From compassing the Earth , cautious of day , Since Uriel ...
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... night " ( IV , 1015 ) . Not only darkness flies with him from Paradise but danger personified as malevolent spirits , attendants of the hostile kingdom of night . This definition of " shade " as malevolent ghost is used to refer to ...
... night " ( IV , 1015 ) . Not only darkness flies with him from Paradise but danger personified as malevolent spirits , attendants of the hostile kingdom of night . This definition of " shade " as malevolent ghost is used to refer to ...
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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