A Reader's Guide to John MiltonMarjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes. |
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... earth the sea ; Earth and the sea feed air ; the air those fires Ethereal . ( V. 414-18 ) Here are the four elements - earth , water , air , fire - of which both Nature and man are composed , which exist in order from the low- est and ...
... earth the sea ; Earth and the sea feed air ; the air those fires Ethereal . ( V. 414-18 ) Here are the four elements - earth , water , air , fire - of which both Nature and man are composed , which exist in order from the low- est and ...
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... Earth and Wa- ter , as these two elements are separated , then specifically to Earth , as it brought forth grass , then herbs and trees , then again to the interaction of Earth and Water , as the dewy mist rises from Earth to Water . On ...
... Earth and Wa- ter , as these two elements are separated , then specifically to Earth , as it brought forth grass , then herbs and trees , then again to the interaction of Earth and Water , as the dewy mist rises from Earth to Water . On ...
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... earth , to larger and larger beasts , to Behemoth , which is to ani- mals as Leviathan to swimming creatures . The climax of " order " in Creation occurs on the Sixth Day , with the creation of Man . We have risen in the scale of being ...
... earth , to larger and larger beasts , to Behemoth , which is to ani- mals as Leviathan to swimming creatures . The climax of " order " in Creation occurs on the Sixth Day , with the creation of Man . We have risen in the scale of being ...
Contents
The Education of a Poet | 3 |
Juvenilia | 22 |
The Minor Poems | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid appear Areopagitica basic begins Belial Biblical blind Book XI called Cambridge character Chorus Christ Christian classical climax Comus Council Scene Creation critics Dalilah dark death deity deliberately Diodati drama earth elegy English epic Eve's eyes fallen angels familiar father feel Genesis Greek hear Heaven Hell Il Penseroso implied Italian John Milton King L'Allegro Lady later Latin Lawes learned light lines living Ludlow Castle Lycidas Mammon masque memory Milton wrote mind modern Moloch mood Muse Nativity Ode Nature pagan Pandemonium Paradise Lost Paradise Regained paraphrase particularly passage Penseroso phrase Pindar poem poet poetry Prologue Psalms Puritan Raphael Reason Renaissance rhyme rises Samson Agonistes Satan says seems sestet shepherd sing song sonnet sound speech Spenser Spirit stanza suggested temptation thee theme thou Tillyard tion tradition University verse word write written young youth