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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Then , in what seems to me the beginning of a new section , Milton steps back from his own myth : V Yet can I not perswade me thou art dead Or that thy coarse corrupts in earths dark wombe , Or that thy beauties lie in wormie bed ...
And in the momentary uncertainty of the line “ Or in the Elisian fields ( if such there were ) ” ( 40 ) Milton seems to forget that we have already given credence to " grim Aquilo ” ( 8 ) , “ the wanton gods ” ( 14 ) , and Winter's ...
Unfortunately , the evidence for any specific date for this structurally interesting poem seems inconclusive . ... about 1632 — for two reasons : first , the arguments of Bush and Woodhouse for this early date seem to have great ...
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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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