The Mystical Design of Paradise LostIdentifies and discusses the thematic and structural aspects of the circular pattern underlying Milton's epic poem to elucidate its mystical meanings. |
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... circular pattern underlying the entire epic . At first I was skeptical of the pattern emerging in my chalk drawings , aware of how easily one can impose , even if subconsciously , one's own formalist tendencies on another's artistry ...
... circular pattern underlying the entire epic . At first I was skeptical of the pattern emerging in my chalk drawings , aware of how easily one can impose , even if subconsciously , one's own formalist tendencies on another's artistry ...
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... circular rhyme scheme relates to musical patterns suggests a more appro- priate tone for the poem than that arising from the pastoral elegy . We might say that Milton recognized the need to imbue his poem with a design that would be ...
... circular rhyme scheme relates to musical patterns suggests a more appro- priate tone for the poem than that arising from the pastoral elegy . We might say that Milton recognized the need to imbue his poem with a design that would be ...
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... circular the rhyme scheme that shimmers beneath the surface of Milton's poem , like the rays of the rising sun that seem to come from beneath the waters . The pattern suggests the unending life that Edward King has gained through death ...
... circular the rhyme scheme that shimmers beneath the surface of Milton's poem , like the rays of the rising sun that seem to come from beneath the waters . The pattern suggests the unending life that Edward King has gained through death ...
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... circular design suits well with Renais- sance notions of symbol and with modern appraisals of what Northrop Frye calls the " cyclical form of the Classical epic " based on the natural cycles of life and death of per- sons ...
... circular design suits well with Renais- sance notions of symbol and with modern appraisals of what Northrop Frye calls the " cyclical form of the Classical epic " based on the natural cycles of life and death of per- sons ...
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... circular rhythms of life , both to imitate and intimate the divine presence in all things . On a spiritual level , that is , he sought to imbue Paradise Lost with a profound sense of the ultimate wisdom and justice of God's ways . How ...
... circular rhythms of life , both to imitate and intimate the divine presence in all things . On a spiritual level , that is , he sought to imbue Paradise Lost with a profound sense of the ultimate wisdom and justice of God's ways . How ...
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Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneid allegorical anagogical antimetabole beauty Beelzebub beginning Book VIII Book XII burning lake celestial central Christ Christopher Ricks circular Commedia concept consonant created creation creative Dante darkness dawn death defines demons discussion divine Earth emphasis eternal Eve's evil example Fall fallen angels final Galileo Galileo Galilei garden God's Heaven heavenly Hell heroic historical light lines loss Lycidas man's McColley meaning Michael Milton describes Milton's epic mystical mythic narrative nature Neoplatonic night numerological overall Paradise Lost parallels passage perfect poem poem's poet poetic poetry provides Raphael relation relationship Renaissance return to Eden rhetorical Satan Satan returns says scheme section of Book sense shape significance spatial speech Structure of Paradise Studies style suggest symbolic syntax temporal thee things thir thou tion tradition universe verbal verse paragraph verse sentence victory vision Whaler