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... contrast between the flux and dross of earth and the stability and perfection of heaven ; the second poem is of course built on the musical metaphor of discord and harmony . In form each poem , a paragraph with lines of irregular length ...
... contrast between the flux and dross of earth and the stability and perfection of heaven ; the second poem is of course built on the musical metaphor of discord and harmony . In form each poem , a paragraph with lines of irregular length ...
Page 56
... contrast with Milton's normal presentation of a dis- tilled , generalized result . He could not have produced such a ... contrast he wished to make between the white purity of heaven and " the rank vapors of this sin - worn mold . " That ...
... contrast with Milton's normal presentation of a dis- tilled , generalized result . He could not have produced such a ... contrast he wished to make between the white purity of heaven and " the rank vapors of this sin - worn mold . " That ...
Page 171
... contrasts in scene and action , char- acter and theme , have been noted , and the whole fabric is bound together by ... contrast is between light and dark- ness , and " holy Light " is identified with THE RESTORATION : 1660-1674 [ 171 ]
... contrasts in scene and action , char- acter and theme , have been noted , and the whole fabric is bound together by ... contrast is between light and dark- ness , and " holy Light " is identified with THE RESTORATION : 1660-1674 [ 171 ]
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Introduction | 9 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
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Adam and Eve Adam's allusions angels anonymous appeared Areopagitica Aubrey blank verse blind caesura Cambridge Christ Christian classical Comus contrast creation critical death despair Diodati divine doctrine drama Dryden earlier earth earthly echoes edition Elegy English epic epic games evil Eyeless in Gaza fable faith fame father friends glory God's Greek heaven hell heroic human humanist humble ideal ideas imaginative invocation Italian John Milton King later Latin less liberty lines live Lycidas Marchamont Needham Milton's early mind modern moral Muse nature pamphlets Paradise Lost Paradise Regained parliament passage perhaps Phillips phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry praise pride Prolusion prose Puritan readers Reason of Church religious Renaissance rhythm Samson Samson Agonistes Satan Second Defence sense Smectymnuus songs sonnet speech Spenser style thee theme things Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion tract tradition virtue vision writing