... 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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