Moreover, the abundant and frequent allusions to classical mythology and literature, to Biblical mythology to contemporary literatures, frequent Latinism and inversions, and above all the frequent use of Homeric similes, idioms of the other tongue, all contribute to the sublimity and grandeur of Milton's style. ... Though certain objection have been raised against it, such as lack of war, unhappy ending, having only two human characters; others heavenly machinery, the introduction of allegorical persons like sin and death, the frequent allusions to heathen mythological figures which are i...

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