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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The structural progression of “ Lycidas ” advances not only by means of the emergence of tranquillity out of perturbation , but also by means of the development of a regular prosodic pattern , a pattern in harmony with itself .
But in “ Lycidas , " as in Paradise Lost , the poem is not merely a statement of grief and consolation ; the poem itself is the means by which the conflict is resolved . In “ Elegia Tertia ” the poet has a vision of the Bishop in Heaven ...
But in “ Lycidas , " as in Paradise Lost , the poem is not merely a statement of grief and consolation ; the poem itself is the means by which the conflict is resolved . In “ Elegia Tertia ” the poet has a vision of the Bishop in Heaven ...
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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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