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Page 149
... structure of the poem corresponds to the structure of the world which the narrator envisions , and it therefore corresponds also to the peculiar nature and role of that nar- rator . Milton's " great Argument " demanded a poetic struc ...
... structure of the poem corresponds to the structure of the world which the narrator envisions , and it therefore corresponds also to the peculiar nature and role of that nar- rator . Milton's " great Argument " demanded a poetic struc ...
Page 152
... structure of this divinely unified world by the structure of his poem , which is built upon almost endlessly repeated references to the circling of the heavens around the little world of man , the " Earth " on which the narrator stands ...
... structure of this divinely unified world by the structure of his poem , which is built upon almost endlessly repeated references to the circling of the heavens around the little world of man , the " Earth " on which the narrator stands ...
Page 158
... structure of the universe , in the center of which the narrator stands to report Raphael's lesson to us , is therefore a sacred metaphor of which the circular structure of Paradise Lost is a vision . The astronomy lesson is a discussion ...
... structure of the universe , in the center of which the narrator stands to report Raphael's lesson to us , is therefore a sacred metaphor of which the circular structure of Paradise Lost is a vision . The astronomy lesson is a discussion ...
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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