Voice and Crisis: Invocation in Milton's Poetry |
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... MIND THROUGH ALL HER POWERS Of the great epic poets in Western literature , Milton seems most conscious of the imaginative possibilities inherent in the formulas of invocation and aspires most vigorously to realize them . Next to his ...
... MIND THROUGH ALL HER POWERS Of the great epic poets in Western literature , Milton seems most conscious of the imaginative possibilities inherent in the formulas of invocation and aspires most vigorously to realize them . Next to his ...
Page 99
... mind " reformulates his earlier request that light may " purge and disperse " the mists of doubt and ignorance dividing him , then as now , from " calm of mind all passion spent . 9963 In this poem , the characters will make the poet's ...
... mind " reformulates his earlier request that light may " purge and disperse " the mists of doubt and ignorance dividing him , then as now , from " calm of mind all passion spent . 9963 In this poem , the characters will make the poet's ...
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... mind , There exercise all his fierce accidents , And on her purest spirits prey . ... ( 606-13 ) The trial of Milton's life as a poet , one is tempted to conclude , is that voice and crisis both found “ secret passage ” to his " inmost mind ...
... mind , There exercise all his fierce accidents , And on her purest spirits prey . ... ( 606-13 ) The trial of Milton's life as a poet , one is tempted to conclude , is that voice and crisis both found “ secret passage ” to his " inmost mind ...
Contents
The Pattern of Invocation in Miltons Poetry | 11 |
Paradise Lost | 45 |
Voice and Crisis | 63 |
Copyright | |
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