A Milton HandbookF. S. Crofts & Company, 1946 - 465 pages |
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Page 152
... poet's memory as he wrote.22 All three of the lyrics men- tioned use the dancing octosyllabic measure of Milton's poems . There is no precedent , however , for the precision and comprehensiveness with which Milton marshals his de ...
... poet's memory as he wrote.22 All three of the lyrics men- tioned use the dancing octosyllabic measure of Milton's poems . There is no precedent , however , for the precision and comprehensiveness with which Milton marshals his de ...
Page 168
... poet's own ambitions and disappointments as it is the praise of his dead friend . Thus Milton , in writ- ing Lycidas , is , like Shelley in Adonais , primarily taking account of the meaning of the experience to himself . King is the poet ...
... poet's own ambitions and disappointments as it is the praise of his dead friend . Thus Milton , in writ- ing Lycidas , is , like Shelley in Adonais , primarily taking account of the meaning of the experience to himself . King is the poet ...
Page 458
... poet's father : en- courages psalm translations , 174 ; in son's household , 35 , 36 ; Phillips ' account of , 13 n.6 , 13- 14 , 14 n.8 ; poem to , 135 Milton , Katharine Woodcock , 11 , 49 Milton , Mary Powell , see Pow- ell , Mary ...
... poet's father : en- courages psalm translations , 174 ; in son's household , 35 , 36 ; Phillips ' account of , 13 n.6 , 13- 14 , 14 n.8 ; poem to , 135 Milton , Katharine Woodcock , 11 , 49 Milton , Mary Powell , see Pow- ell , Mary ...
Contents
1 Composition and Publication | 1 |
PARADISE REGAINED AND SAMSON AGONISTES | 268 |
MILTONS STYLE AND VERSIFICATION | 293 |
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