Structure in Milton's Poetry: from the Foundation to the PinnaclesMilton's skill in constructing poems whose structure is determined, not by rule or precedent, but by the thought to be expressed, is one of his chief accomplishments as a creative artist. Professor Condee analyzes seventeen of Milton's poems, both early and late, well and badly organized, in order to trace the poet's developing ability to create increasingly complex poetic structures. Three aspects of Milton's use of poetic structure are stressed: the relation of the parts to the whole and parts to parts, his ability to unite actual events with the poetic situation, and his use and variation of literary tradition to establish the desired structural unity. |
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It represents a resolution and a stasis following conflicts embodied not only in the narrative but in the abstract ideas , the images , the feelings , the sounds , the metrics — in almost every conceivable aspect of the poem .
“ Elegia Tertia " attempts , but fails , at an integral progression of feelings and ideas ; the Companion Pieces succeed at another type of structure — one which is not so much progressive as it is a relation and opposition of lower ...
The parallelism , particularly with the Aeneid , is not merely the use of similar devices in similar situations , but the setting up of a dynamic interaction between specific ideas , characters ...
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Miltons Poetical Architecture | 1 |
The Early Latin Poems and Lycidas | 21 |
The Fair Infant Elegia Quinta | 43 |
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