Structure in Milton's Poetry: from the Foundation to the PinnaclesMilton's skill in constructing poems whose structure is determined, not by rule or precedent, but by the thought to be expressed, is one of his chief accomplishments as a creative artist. Professor Condee analyzes seventeen of Milton's poems, both early and late, well and badly organized, in order to trace the poet's developing ability to create increasingly complex poetic structures. Three aspects of Milton's use of poetic structure are stressed: the relation of the parts to the whole and parts to parts, his ability to unite actual events with the poetic situation, and his use and variation of literary tradition to establish the desired structural unity. |
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... creates as solutions . Four points on the ordering of the following chapters need to be explained . It seems best to ... create a poem in which the structure progresses by firmly built steps from initial perturbation to ultimate ...
... creates as solutions . Four points on the ordering of the following chapters need to be explained . It seems best to ... create a poem in which the structure progresses by firmly built steps from initial perturbation to ultimate ...
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... create , and in what place so e're Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labour and indurance . ( II . 257-62 ) And this placing of Adam and his perils beside the conventions of the traditional epic hero creates a ...
... create , and in what place so e're Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labour and indurance . ( II . 257-62 ) And this placing of Adam and his perils beside the conventions of the traditional epic hero creates a ...
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... creates not merely an encomium of Manso but a celebration of the harmony of things . And by refusing to be a conventional panegyric , it makes use of the panegyric tradition to create its own structure and to generate its own momentum ...
... creates not merely an encomium of Manso but a celebration of the harmony of things . And by refusing to be a conventional panegyric , it makes use of the panegyric tradition to create its own structure and to generate its own momentum ...
Contents
The Dynamic Structure of Paradise Lost | 5 |
The Early Latin Poems and Lycidas | 21 |
The Fair Infant Elegia Quinta | 43 |
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