Paradise Lost is an epic poem written by John Milton in the seventeenth century and it is based on the concept of epic conventions such as epic similes, invocation, catalogue or beginning in medias res. The essential theme of epic poetry is usually heroism and this poem is no exception. ... As already mentioned, epic poems usually start in the middle. Paradise Lost, Book I begins with invocation of a muse and narrating of: "man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/ Brought death into the world."... (l. 61-71) To sum up, Milton's Paradise Los...

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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 epic poem, Paradise Lost, John Milton depicts Eve as a woman who is solely made for beauty and man. ... In the Bible and Paradise Lost, Eve is unattractive from the start. ... Some say that Milton's Paradise Lost is easily the greatest epic poem in English history despite his faulty depictions of women. ... In Paradise Lost, the author's depiction of women is clear. ... The author wrote the epic poem with passion using his personal experiences to reflect the characters in Paradise Lost....

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Milton intended Paradise Lost to be an epic poem; this meant the poem had to meet specific requirements. One of these requirements was that there had to be a hero in the poem, following the epic style of Homer and Virgil. There has been much debate on the hero of Paradise Lost, and one of the possibilities that is discussed is weather Milton intended Satan to be the hero. ... Book IX is heavily focused on the fall of Adam and Eve, here we can see many of Satan's characteristics and see if he is qualified to be noted as the hero of Paradise Lost. ... These examples of Satan's charact...

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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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Elliot intended to confuse critics for centuries with the "Wasteland" then I hope he incorporated the same style as Milton used in "Paradise Lost". ... These exterior influences and pressures, combined with Milton's amazing ability and the mirror his writings seem to hold up to society, are the key to understanding Milton's confusing ambiguity in making Satan the epic hero in "Paradise Lost". The critical readings and commentaries on "Paradise Lost" seem to be overwhelmed by the epic poem itself. ... Unlike other epic poems, "Paradise Lost" usurps every aspect of authoritative di...

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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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Paradise Lost is a poem essentially about the origin of sin and evil, as a result, Milton presents evil in a more coercive manner than good. Satan and his followers in Paradise Lost are presented as being more evil that God and his disciples are good. ... Due to the drama and persuasiveness of Satan's rhetoric, he is the most well developed character in Paradise Lost. ... Because evil defeats good in Paradise Lost it must be treated with more emphasis. ... When writing this poem Milton sought to coerce people into believing his view on the loss of paradise. ...

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Despair In John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, we are given a beautiful interpretation of the story of Genesis. ... In Paradise Lost, Satan is a complex character which undergoes much change and turmoil throughout his journey to destroy mankind. ... All good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good- (IV, 108-110). ... The climatic point in Paradise Lost or even Genesis is the moment in which both Adam and Eve bite into the forbidden fruit. ... While Adam and Eve have lost their utopian paradise they will journey out into a new world with hopes to save mankind from their sins. ...

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Well-known for his epic poem, "Paradise Lost," John Milton is of the most famous, recognized poets in English literature. ... In the poem, as in "Paradise Lost," he "justifies the way of God to men"" ([Joh 67], describes his increasing blindness, and how it affects him as a faithful servant to his God. ... The poem can be interpreted as: "When I consider how my talent is spent with my sight loss in this dark and wide world. ... Milton's tone goes from fear and doubt from the first octave part to reassurance in the second sestet of the poem. The poem is written in the 1650s, which include...

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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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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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"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. ... and "Can Lenore be found in paradise?" ... Another symbol is the bust of Pallas that the raven is perched on throughout most the poem. ... The poem also mentions how miserable it is outside. ... Poe chose beauty for the theme of the poem and summarizes reasons for this theme: Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem. ...

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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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John Milton wrote poems, which makes it hard to set an exact time period on his works since in poems the time periods are rarely mentioned. ... This might have affected the way the diction is used, because Starkie may have lost or changed the style of the diction that is being used. The diction in Milton's poems varies. Most of the poems analyzed for this paper used words that conveyed a sense of sadness, happiness, accomplishment, and a need for retribution all in the same poem. ... This idea is in a contrast to Milton's most famous work, the epic poem "Paradise Lost," which has...

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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 next poet, Tarafa, engages in a rather unusual but similar personification of love with his camel, throughout the poem it is difficult to differentiate between his description of his camel and his lost love. ... The common theme of love forms a bridge between these four poems and throughout the rest of Mu'allaqat. The first of these poems, The Wandering King, is especially amorous in regard to Imr al-Qais' description of his horse. ... The poem of Tarafa is unusual both in structure as well as in his description of his camel. ... (84.29-32) These descriptions of Tarafa...

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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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In this poem, important aspects of the life of his times- political and religious- find expression in it. ... Dryden uses biblical figures to refer to Charles II-David-, Absalom-Monmouth- and Shaftesbury-Achitopel- and describes a view associated with symmetry as in Milton's "Paradise Lost-. ... Before the grand jury had acted Dryden published this poem in order to influence their verdict. ... David -in the poem- finishes this poem saying; "The law shall still direct my peacefull sway and the same law teach rebels to obey-. The poem is famous for its brilliant portraits of the king&...

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His belief that creation was impossible without the insertion of forms of discipline provoked him to repeatedly revise his poems. ... This is also made apparent in both Petit poemes en prose and Le spleen de Paris, a collection of prose poems in which he seeks a mysterious sort of beauty in the ugliness of the modern city. ... A vast amount of his poetry refers to some sort of lost paradise. His poem, La chevelure, exemplifies such a fact as it recalls brief moments of pure happiness in distant tropical locations. ... He has this notion reflected in many of his poems including Une martyre, i...

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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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Throughout Frost's poem, Nature is capitalized, and therefore personified, becoming symbols with human-like qualities. ... In the beginning of the poem, although the meter is mostly iambic, the description of nature only being able to hold on to the essence that made it special for an hour, is quite sad. ... Eden was a paradise, something outstanding, and perfect. ... With the help of man, Eden, lost the perfection of itself, and therefore loss the intensity of what made it special. ... Finally, the poem comes full circle, with the last line repeating the title "Nothing gold can stay...

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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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