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... Orpheus in those early poems . The figure of Orpheus appears in " L'Allegro " and " Il Penseroso " to be a counterpoint to the two approaches to experience . The appear- ance of Orpheus is in fact the climactic mythological ...
... Orpheus in those early poems . The figure of Orpheus appears in " L'Allegro " and " Il Penseroso " to be a counterpoint to the two approaches to experience . The appear- ance of Orpheus is in fact the climactic mythological ...
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... Orpheus . In elegy and epic , the third and final calling upon the Muse by name is dominated by imagery of voice . In " Lycidas " the poet asks , " Return Alpheus , the dread voice is past . . . " He bids the Muse to return and " call ...
... Orpheus . In elegy and epic , the third and final calling upon the Muse by name is dominated by imagery of voice . In " Lycidas " the poet asks , " Return Alpheus , the dread voice is past . . . " He bids the Muse to return and " call ...
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... Orpheus is the Greek mythical figure who represents the poet as the human voice in its transcendent possibility , Apollo is the correspond- ing divine figure , representing the power and voice beyond the poet's reach . Thus , if Orpheus ...
... Orpheus is the Greek mythical figure who represents the poet as the human voice in its transcendent possibility , Apollo is the correspond- ing divine figure , representing the power and voice beyond the poet's reach . Thus , if Orpheus ...
Contents
The Pattern of Invocation in Miltons Poetry | 11 |
Paradise Lost | 45 |
Voice and Crisis | 63 |
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