... talent which is death to hide / lodg'd with me useless though my soul more bent / to serve therewith my maker and present / my true account lest he returning chide" The biblical allusion is clearly related to this parable of the talents; and Milton was aware that now that he was blind he would be less able to give a true account of ... his abilities. Another Biblical passage alluded to is the one that says, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and ... saying "They also serve who only stand and wait." He was c...

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... in two very different styles. In Cervantes's Don Quixote the literary elements stray from the poems of John Milton in the fact that their allusions, diction, and syntax differ, but they both however convey the same theme of passion of accomplishment. These two writers had very different backgrounds. ... College in Cambridge (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jmilton.htm). This probably had an impact in his writing seeing as how he is very biblical in his writings. Upon his expulsion from school, Milton spent the next six years writing poems at his father's house. After the six ... factor in t...

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... the handling of a complex material and his extra ordinary power of organization________both of which are necessary gifts for an epic poet. Moreover, the abundant and frequent allusions to classical mythology and literature, to Biblical mythology to contemporary literatures, frequent Latinism and inversions, and above all the frequent use of Homeric similes, idioms of the other tongue, all contribute to the sublimity ... been raised against it, such as lack of war, unhappy ending, having only two human characters; others heavenly machinery, the introduction of allegorical persons like si...

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