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... poet for the first time . In keeping with the general purpose of the Litera- ture and Life series , I provide a critical introduction to Milton's principal poetry for such readers by placing the poet in the con- text of seventeenth ...
... poet for the first time . In keeping with the general purpose of the Litera- ture and Life series , I provide a critical introduction to Milton's principal poetry for such readers by placing the poet in the con- text of seventeenth ...
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... poet , it seems both natural and appropriate that poetry ( 64–84 ) and pastors ( 103–31 ) should be included in the poem . And it is not surprising that Milton , while ostensibly memorializing his Cambridge friend , should think of his ...
... poet , it seems both natural and appropriate that poetry ( 64–84 ) and pastors ( 103–31 ) should be included in the poem . And it is not surprising that Milton , while ostensibly memorializing his Cambridge friend , should think of his ...
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... poetry . Feeling compelled to fashion from na- ture a wreath for his deceased friend , to weave the elements of the pastoral elegy into a suitable tribute , he finds the symbols of im- mortality and poetry , the laurel , ivy , and ...
... poetry . Feeling compelled to fashion from na- ture a wreath for his deceased friend , to weave the elements of the pastoral elegy into a suitable tribute , he finds the symbols of im- mortality and poetry , the laurel , ivy , and ...
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