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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... stanzas each , a third of four stanzas , and a single concluding stanza which recalls and corrects impressions created in stanza I. Within the broad movement from grief to the final note of consolation and hope , " Milton elaborates a ...
... stanzas each , a third of four stanzas , and a single concluding stanza which recalls and corrects impressions created in stanza I. Within the broad movement from grief to the final note of consolation and hope , " Milton elaborates a ...
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... stanza which would be competent enough in itself if the previous four stanzas had not been there . In the closing couplet the poet not only seems to forget that Winter , too , saw " something in thy face , " but he ignores the first ...
... stanza which would be competent enough in itself if the previous four stanzas had not been there . In the closing couplet the poet not only seems to forget that Winter , too , saw " something in thy face , " but he ignores the first ...
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... stanzas ... describe the set- ting of the Nativity , the next nine the angelic choir , the next nine the flight of the Heathen gods , the ... last stanza presents the scene in the stable . " These parts are inextricable : " The three ...
... stanzas ... describe the set- ting of the Nativity , the next nine the angelic choir , the next nine the flight of the Heathen gods , the ... last stanza presents the scene in the stable . " These parts are inextricable : " The three ...
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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