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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... moves from early works such as the poem on the death of the Fair Infant to the two great epics . The most important of these aspects is his increasing mastery of the ability to make a poem move from one set of ideas ( or state of mind ) ...
... moves from early works such as the poem on the death of the Fair Infant to the two great epics . The most important of these aspects is his increasing mastery of the ability to make a poem move from one set of ideas ( or state of mind ) ...
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... moves forward through structural progressions which unify the tragedy and at the same time give it an impetus which marks each scene as a step toward Samson's triumphant death . The relation of Samson Agonistes to Paradise Lost and ...
... moves forward through structural progressions which unify the tragedy and at the same time give it an impetus which marks each scene as a step toward Samson's triumphant death . The relation of Samson Agonistes to Paradise Lost and ...
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... moves , but not as Paradise Lost moves . Paradise Lost progresses in some obvious narrative ways 154 Structure in Milton's Poetry.
... moves , but not as Paradise Lost moves . Paradise Lost progresses in some obvious narrative ways 154 Structure in Milton's Poetry.
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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