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 51
... writing the Latin elegy at the Christmas season and that he is also writing a poem on the birth of Christ . Although the subject of the Nativity Ode contrasts markedly with that of " Elegia Quinta , " the resemblances of the two poems ...
... writing the Latin elegy at the Christmas season and that he is also writing a poem on the birth of Christ . Although the subject of the Nativity Ode contrasts markedly with that of " Elegia Quinta , " the resemblances of the two poems ...
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... writing as superbly organized a poem as " Lycidas . " Nor are the strengths or weaknesses of " Ad Pa- trem " of such a nature as to be necessary predecessors or consequences of the other poems Milton wrote in the 1630s . Therefore a ...
... writing as superbly organized a poem as " Lycidas . " Nor are the strengths or weaknesses of " Ad Pa- trem " of such a nature as to be necessary predecessors or consequences of the other poems Milton wrote in the 1630s . Therefore a ...
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... writing of an epic poem . It openly discusses the idea of writing an Arthurian epic in lines 162-78 , although of course the Arthurian epic was never written . Instead , the story of " Adam Unparadis'd , " begun shortly after the ...
... writing of an epic poem . It openly discusses the idea of writing an Arthurian epic in lines 162-78 , although of course the Arthurian epic was never written . Instead , the story of " Adam Unparadis'd , " begun shortly after the ...
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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