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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• Grade Level: High School

Sinfulness in Christianity is well-explained in a poem called "Paradise Lost.... Pope wants the reader to reason and understand the poem. ... When Alexander Pope wrote line 16, he wrote it as a variation of John Milton's "Paradise Lost" opening lines. ... Pope tries to refrain from subjecting the reader to a religious background and instead Pope takes a more philosophical approach to compare his own perception of the opening line of "Paradise Lost". ... Pope's poem was well-received due to its optimistic philosophy. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2551
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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1426
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• Grade Level: High School