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... nature means what it means to Adam and Eve after the Fall — that nothing in nature is permanent , that everything vulnerable is threat- ened and everything beautiful will fade , like the garland that Adam weaves for Eve which , after ...
... nature means what it means to Adam and Eve after the Fall — that nothing in nature is permanent , that everything vulnerable is threat- ened and everything beautiful will fade , like the garland that Adam weaves for Eve which , after ...
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... nature surrounding Adam in Eden . This nature is described in language associated for us with pastoral literature ; yet for us pastoral is a sophisti- cated , artificial , conventional recreation of a language which for Adam and the ...
... nature surrounding Adam in Eden . This nature is described in language associated for us with pastoral literature ; yet for us pastoral is a sophisti- cated , artificial , conventional recreation of a language which for Adam and the ...
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... nature's wheel continuing to circle round them , the narrative voice warns us that they are mistaken : ... Nature first gave Signs , imprest On Bird , Beast , Aire , Aire suddenly eclips'd After short blush of Morn ... ( XI , 182-184 ) ...
... nature's wheel continuing to circle round them , the narrative voice warns us that they are mistaken : ... Nature first gave Signs , imprest On Bird , Beast , Aire , Aire suddenly eclips'd After short blush of Morn ... ( XI , 182-184 ) ...
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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 Death 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 interpretation invocation language of statement 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 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