Selected Poems of John Milton: L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, Lycidas

Autor*innen

• John Milton
• Clara Helen Whitmore

Parameter

• 124 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Belletristik
• Britische Literatur
• Klassiker
• Poesie
• Schule

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Exploring themes of poetic melancholy, the speaker in this reflective ode seeks to replace "vain deluding Joys" with "divinest Melancholy" to inspire future verses. The work serves as a companion to L'Allegro, contrasting mirth with a deeper introspection. The speaker idealizes melancholy as a pathway to prophetic insight, and the poem unfolds in couplets of iambic tetrameter, creating a rhythmic exploration of the profound emotions associated with contemplation and reflection in art.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Einband: Hardcover