summary of the poem on his blindness by john milton

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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On His Blindness By John Milton (Summary & Analysis)

John Milton

‘When I consider how my light is spent,Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,And that one talent which is death to hideLodged with me useless, though my soul more bentTo serve therewith my Maker, and presentMy true account, lest he returning chide,“Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?”I fondly ask. But Patience, to

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