Psalm 01 is a sonnet, which is a type of poem that has 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme. Milton uses the traditional English sonnet form, which consists of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a final couplet (two-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. The firs...
Milton's six years at Horton can be said to be the happiest period of his life. Milton's father now supported him wholeheartedly in his aim to become a poet. Although Milton was not earning a single penny, yet, due to his father's financial and emotional support he could spend his ti...
An American writer has well indicated the force of the English monosyllable in the following sonnet:— “Think not that strength lies in the big, round word, Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak. To whom can this be true who once has heard The cry for help, the tongue...