In fact, 'Paradise Lost' has been attributed as one of the greatest epic poems ever composed in English literature; vividly bestowing the highest efforts of poetic genius. ... As far 'Paradise Lost' is concerned it action has a unity of texture. ... In this particular sense 'Paradise Lost' even excels the Iliad or Aeneid. ... 'Paradise Lost' is also not without a moral. ... Undoubtedly, Milton was a great epic poet and 'Paradise Lost' is an outspoken proof of it. ...

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In John Milton's Paradise Lost, Milton paints you a mental picture of what his garden of Eden looks like. ... Milton tends to capture your imagination with his style of word grouping, that almost puts you in a trance while reading his poem. ... The poem also explains that the serpent was sleeping when Satan takes over its body. ... "returns as a mist by night into Paradise; enters into the Serpent sleeping." ... The poem says, "Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel Sat, Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;" Gabriel's story is the subplot of the poem th...

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In the text Paradise Lost, Satan is very much a main character who has maybe the most dialogue and character development. ... He lost this battle and God banished Satan as well as his followers out of Heaven forever. ... Most readers of Paradise Lost would agree, after reading the first half of the poem they want to sympathize with Satan. ... The status of whoever is reading Paradise Lost is most likely in a similar boat, not in the sense that they are in something like hell, but that they work to end up in a better place. ... Never in the poem does Satan speak about not wanting to be on Eart...

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In Books 1 and 2 of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, the action focuses firmly on the fallen angels and, specifically, Satan. ... But is he the true hero of Paradise Lost? ... The council, or pandemonium, is opened by Satan's bold statement of, "Powers and Dominions, deities of heaven,/For since no deep within her gulf can hold/Immortal vigour, though oppressed and fallen,/I give not heaven for lost." ... They will fight back, and heaven is not "lost". ... He is, however, undoubtedly heroic, and with God, nor Adam or Eve so far not mentioned except in passing, and the only ...

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As John Milton writes the poem, Paradise Lost, he uses literary devices such as similes, symbolism, and motifs and to make Satan seem like a self-deceiver and self-condemner throughout his speech in lines 32-79 within book four. ... The overall poem itself is labeled as epic. ... Whether Satan is or is not a hero in this poem is debatable. It would be accustomed to consider God as the hero in the poem, but with the way Milton presented God in the poem it was not accurate to think this all the way. ... Overall, the plot of the poem was the downfall of man and how it happened. ...

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It's a poem that evokes a sense of hopelessness within society, assuring his fellow men that they will get lost in it or be defeated by it: His overall pessimistic claim being that our world is corrupt. ... The concluding lines of part one make crucial references to Dante's "Divine Comedy": Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death's other Kingdom Remember us-if at all-not as lost Violent souls, but only As hollow men According to Dante there are a variety of places someone's soul can go after death; people may go directly to P...

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In many aspects, the poem seems to refer to Heaven. ... The speaker's tone throughout the poem is very inspiring. ... The tone doesn't weigh heavily on the heart, but instead allows the reader to escape to paradise through the careful use of literary elements. ... The poet "wandered lonely as a cloud " comparing himself to a drifting object allows the reader to understand the lost aspect of the sentence (Wordsworth 1). ... He is portraying a paradise, and wants his reader to come away thinking happy thoughts after reading his poem....

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Satan: The Unlikely Hero The following references to Paradise Lost' means Book 1 only. ... The result was Paradise Lost'. ... This passionate religious perspective is the inspiration for Paradise Lost'. ... In Paradise Lost' Milton's beliefs are presented through Satan as he commands his army of fallen angels. ... Milton's Paradise Lost' is unsettling to the status quo of his readers because Satan is presented as a hero. ...

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In his poem, "Flame-Heart", Claude McKay expresses his longing for his homeland in a romantic fashion with non-racial themes. ... "Flame-Heart" is a poem in the traditional romantic style, resembling the works of Shelley and Wordsworth in its fashion. ... The entire poem betrays the innocence of childhood. ... McKay paints a picture of a tropical paradise in "Flame-Heart," envisioning an uncorrupted past. ... McKay's work is true to his own experiences, though, and expresses how his heart flames for what is now lost to him in the march of time....

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The poem "The Raven" is about a man who lost his true love and tries to ease the pain or "sorrow for the lost Lenore" (DiVanni, 721), by reading old books to keep his mind occupied. ... He gets up hoping that his lost love Lenore is outside, but as he opens the door he finds "darkness there and nothing more" (DiVanni, 722). ... and Can Lenore be found in paradise? ... The poem also mentions how miserable it is outside. ... Poe chose Beauty for the theme of the poem stating, " Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem"...

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The Measure of A Man John Milton's "Paradise Lost" is an attempt to justify the ways of God concerning Creation and the fall of man. ... God gives Adam purpose by proclaiming, "This paradise I give thee, count it thine / To till and keep, and of the fruit to eat" (8.319-320). ... He accepts his charge completely and Eden thus exists as his Paradise. ... Although the epic poem "Paradise Lost" contains a great deal of tragedy, the true tragedy of Adam's fall is often overlooked. ... It is a vicious cycle that leaves destruction in its wake and Paradise lost...

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According to Marquery Durham, Coleridge did respond to their bad reviews with "I saw an old book in Coleorton in which the Paradise Lost was described as an obscene poem' so I am in good company."" ... Both of these remarks stated by Coleridge himself support his religious intent of the poem, for Paradise Lost is a story of God and Satan; and the virtuous saving the wicked is good verses evil. The poem was stormed with abused when published, however. ... Even the story of Paradise Lost would become bald and uninteresting, if stripped of these ornaments of poetry."" ... Thus another compa...

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The poem summarizes his theology, philosophy, and life (Kuiper). ... The Latin poet Virgil, who was sent by Dante's lost love Beatrice, rescues Dante. ... The top of Purgatory merges with the beginning of Paradise or heaven and those entering are cleansed by fire (Durant, 1075). ... Instead Dante's lost lover, Beatrice, comes to guide Dante on the rest of his journey. Dante envisions paradise as nine crystal spheres revolving around the earth. ...

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William Blake does an exquisite job of portraying his outrage in the issues concerning child labor through his various poems. ... The child in Blake's poem has lost his mother, leaving him to his father who sells him into the dangerous and demanding world. ... The child in this poem under goes anger, which is an emotion of experience. ... This heaven is to be a paradise in which he may escape his woes as a sweeper. ...

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Milton ends his poem by saying "They also serve who only stand and wait." ... In the final analysis, patience led him to a longsuffering faith and he was able to write one of the most enduring pieces of literature known to man--"Paradise Lost" while blind. ...

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The woman Dante loved, Beatrice, is his guide through paradise. ... He named the poem La commedia (The Comedy) because it ends happily, in heaven. ... His poem is most complemented for his symbolic meanings behind each of the cantos. ... In the opening of the poem, Dante finds himself lost in dark woods, which symbolizes his new life of exile. ... Then after Dante traveled with him, Dante would meet up with another guide who would take him to paradise. ...

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Elizabeth was educated at home and by the time she was ten years old she had read passages from Paradise Lost and a number of Shakespearean plays. ... Her first collection entitled "The Seraphim and Other Poems- was published in 1838, and her second volume "Poems, by E. ... The poem is a love story that defends a woman's right to intellectual freedom. ... This poem led to the marriage of Elizabeth Barrett to Robert Browning. ... The poem "Casa Guidi Windows- takes place in Italy and Leighton describes it as a "discursive poem- and addresses perfection and let downs of the Italian Riso...

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We were created along with the rest of the world and were in paradise, until the opportunity to gain knowledge arose. ... Innocence is lost and experience is gained which leads to an increase in knowledge and the attainment of wisdom ultimately leads to the decay of man. ... After reading, Paradise Lost, an epic poem about Adam, hell, and original sin, the creature states, "Like Adam I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence; but his existence was far different from mine in every other respect. ...

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THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND OUTLINE I. Characteristics of the Middle Ages A. Christian Beliefs B. Pagan Beliefs C. Adventure II. Characteristics of the Renaissance A. Teachings of Moral and Virtue B. Good vs. Evil III. Characteristics of the Resto...

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The event that follows the completion of Sarah's commands, more lives will be lost. ... Nevertheless, the poem Eighth Air Force shows people being victims of losing there identify to fight for their country. ... , an opera about another man's discovery of paradise. ... The poem describes them to be like normal men but addresses them as "murderers." ...

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William Blake attempts to discover the very moment when evil was created in his poem "The Tyger-. ... Thus, Blake makes the poem more universal as well as to appear timeless. ... Referring directly to the Bible and, in particular, to Milton's Paradise Lost, Blake goes on to ask "On what wings dare he aspire? ... This lead to Satan's fall from Heaven into Hell and this, in turn, leads to fortify the idea that Satan's power now lies in the manipulation of those who have lost their faith in God. ... Here, the reader is lead to incorporate more Greek mythology into the analysis...

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Laurie is the first student that lost her individuality. ... Due to his overwhelming emotions, he writes and recites a poem to her during her lesson. It read: "The heavens made a girl named Chris with hair and skin of gold to touch her would be paradise." Yet another example of individualities lost is in Charles Dalton. ... The class members lost their individuality by doing this. ...

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Glicksberg and Philip Gordon wrote an essay that was also published in "The English Journal"" as well stating that "the poem is the song and the song is the poem "(Glicksberg & Gordon 550). ... Jon Stallworthy states that "A poem is a composition written for performance by the human voice. ... His main argument and thesis of his essay is that a poem is equal to song when it is read out loud or heard in your imagination. ... One thing that we worked on all year in Poetry class was learning how to translate a poem so that we could understand it better. ... By breaking down the song I used a too...

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The Renaissance From the 14th Century onwards there were many advances and developments made in Science medicene and art. The renaissance began in Italy spreading and influencing other parts of Europe, reaching England by about 1500. People looked towards Italy as the centre of new learning. People...

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When she went back to Alaska she stated, "I still feel the crush of the lost bed of wild violets in the Aleutian hills where one day I flung myself down in a rapture, knowing who I am, what the wild violets meant" (13). ... Once neglected and forgotten, she now knows how to seek comfort from the nature, where she can enjoy her un-spoilt paradise in ecstasy. ... The ambiance and the details he noticed around him provoked him to create music, lyrics, and poems. ...

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