Paradise Lost Poem

A Poem Buried In Snow

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A POEM BURIED IN SNOW poet – Ayub Khawar In a square cottage in the middleOf a snow-covered terrainI sit wrapped in a worn-out blanket of the nightAnd there,at one corner Is placed a tray made of burnt clay On it, flickers an appalling lamp.The shrill of the sand laden Windrush through the slits of …

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Miltons’ Paradise Lost verses Conventional Pagan Epics

John Milton Paradise Lost Pagan Epics

Critical examination of opening lines of Paradise Lost and discussion about how Milton’s invocation is different from that of conventional pagan epics: The first twenty-six lines of Paradise Lost (Book I) constitute an introductory invocation or prayer to heavenly Muse to inspire and bless the poet to complete his task properly. In this way, John …

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John Milton’s Paradise Lost: His Aim of Epic Poem

John Milton's Paradise Lost Epic Poem

Epic poems deal with personalities and events of divine importance. Around 800 B.C., Homer wrote the “Iliad” which dealt with gods and goddesses, heroes, lovely women, and romantic lovers’ doughy deeds on the battlefield and heroic achievements and death. Similarly, there are many other ancient epics in which heroic events have been dealt with extensively. …

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