Use examples from
Spenser, Sidney or Shakespeare to explore how Milton’s sonnets subvert a form
traditionally used to discuss erotic love into one that examines political,
religious or vocational issues.
Why do you think Milton’s
sonnets appeal to later revolutionary thinkers writing about politics, gender,
religion or literature?
What is unique about Milton's concern with time/Time in his poems?
Do you think that Samuel Johnson missed the point of “Lycidas” when he claimed that it was harsh in tone?
Do you think that Samuel Johnson missed the point of “Lycidas” when he claimed that it was harsh in tone?
In what
ways does Milton play with genre in “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” Composed
1629?
Examine
how Milton uses any two of the following Biblical passages in ““On the Morning
of Christ’s Nativity” Composed 1629: Matthew 2,
24:30; Isaiah 6:5-7’ 14:12; Job 38:6-8; Exodus 19:16; Numbers 23:38; 1 Sam 5:4;
2 Kings 23:10; Psalms 106:28; Revelation 12:9
Why does
Milton frame the Christian message of “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” Composed
1629 in a pagan
context?
What is
particularly interesting about the thematic focus of Milton’s Nativity poem?
How do
the verb tenses of the hymn section of the Nativity poem create problems for
the reader?
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