The Shadow of Heaven, Matter, and Stance in Milton's Poetry |
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... takes three stances . Movement from one to another produces the dynamic structure of the poem as well as the ... take stances in immortality , in which tense escapes the " false surmise " of any fixed time but seems to offer thereby no ...
... takes three stances . Movement from one to another produces the dynamic structure of the poem as well as the ... take stances in immortality , in which tense escapes the " false surmise " of any fixed time but seems to offer thereby no ...
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... takes a stance from which it can perceive , if not attain , divine perspective : " from the pure Empyrean [ God ] bent down his eye " ( III , 57–58 ) . The shared downward vision rests first upon God's son , who is to be the " second ...
... takes a stance from which it can perceive , if not attain , divine perspective : " from the pure Empyrean [ God ] bent down his eye " ( III , 57–58 ) . The shared downward vision rests first upon God's son , who is to be the " second ...
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... takes simple joy with him in the vision's identification of Adam as " First Man . . . First Father " established in a " Garden of bliss " ( VIII , 297-299 ) , it takes prophetic pain in his being also the source of first disobedi- ence ...
... takes simple joy with him in the vision's identification of Adam as " First Man . . . First Father " established in a " Garden of bliss " ( VIII , 297-299 ) , it takes prophetic pain in his being also the source of first disobedi- ence ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
and Il Penseroso Arcades and At a Solemn | 21 |
Full Consort in On the Morning of Christs Nativity | 27 |
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action Adam Adam's already angels answer appear asks audience Battle in Heaven become begins Book cause celebration choice choose Chorus Christ Christian close Comus considers continue course creation creative death despair direct divine doubt dream earth Eden elect enacted epic eternal evil fall fallen fear final follow gift glory God's greater harmony Heaven Hell hero hope human immortal indicates insists intimated judge judgment knowledge later lead light loss Lycidas man's matter meaning Milton mind mortal move nature offer once opposed original Paradise Lost Paradise Regained past pattern perhaps physical poem poet poetry present promise question Raphael readers realize reason receive renewal Samson Satan says seems sense setting shepherds Son's song spiritual stance stand suggests supply takes temptation thou thought tion true turn voice