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... traditional readings of Adam's story can give us information useful in interpreting the language of the poem and , in ... tradition . An informed image of what the doc- trine of the Fall meant to English Protestants of the seven- teenth ...
... traditional readings of Adam's story can give us information useful in interpreting the language of the poem and , in ... tradition . An informed image of what the doc- trine of the Fall meant to English Protestants of the seven- teenth ...
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... tradition of pastoral poetry . That tradition , although it celebrates the world of innocence which we and the speaker have lost , belongs itself to the fallen world . The tradition of pastoral poetry is the tradition of Hesperian ...
... tradition of pastoral poetry . That tradition , although it celebrates the world of innocence which we and the speaker have lost , belongs itself to the fallen world . The tradition of pastoral poetry is the tradition of Hesperian ...
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... tradition in which he claims to be writing . In Paradise Lost , however , the extended similes are used in very indi- vidual ways to suit the unique demands of his " great Argu- ment " and its " answerable style . " These extended ...
... tradition in which he claims to be writing . In Paradise Lost , however , the extended similes are used in very indi- vidual ways to suit the unique demands of his " great Argu- ment " and its " answerable style . " These extended ...
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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