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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Page 69
... merely " munera " ( 8 ) and " factis " ( 112 ) . He concludes by deprecating his work as " my juvenile verses and amusements . ” The poem must make the elder Milton an attractive figure ( the bio- graphical considerations here are ...
... merely " munera " ( 8 ) and " factis " ( 112 ) . He concludes by deprecating his work as " my juvenile verses and amusements . ” The poem must make the elder Milton an attractive figure ( the bio- graphical considerations here are ...
Page 148
... merely superficial , and the dif- ferences are obvious . Milton of course knew Oedipus at Colonus but he was not using Sophocles's play in an active , functional way in the cre- ation of his own play.30 In contrast , we have seen in ...
... merely superficial , and the dif- ferences are obvious . Milton of course knew Oedipus at Colonus but he was not using Sophocles's play in an active , functional way in the cre- ation of his own play.30 In contrast , we have seen in ...
Page 162
... merely an account of the extra - poetic events in- volving Satan and Christ , but as a crucial factor in the poetic tradition with which the poem works , and out of which the poem has devel- oped . In this passage Milton is not ignoring ...
... merely an account of the extra - poetic events in- volving Satan and Christ , but as a crucial factor in the poetic tradition with which the poem works , and out of which the poem has devel- oped . In this passage Milton is not ignoring ...
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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