Tag Archives: John Milton

in verse # 29 : of the devil’s party

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dennis Clark

William Blake was Milton’s son.  But it was no easy birth.  In his fine article on Milton’s prosody, John Creaser describes how Milton was able to work so well within the conventions of blank verse.  Creaser begins by summarizing the … Continue reading →

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in verse # 28 : the pun is meatier than the surd

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Dennis Clark

Sitting at home alone in bed when I was 13, and unable to go out because I was undergoing the aftermath of rheumatic fever, I entertained myself with old copies of Reader’s Digest.  One of the things I digested thoroughly … Continue reading →

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in verse # 27 : wretched matter and lame Meter

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Dennis Clark

John Milton didn’t know jack about free verse, and yet when he explicated his reason for shunning rime he sounded like he understood the reasoning of the free versifiers at the turn of the last century.  In introducing Paradise lost … Continue reading →

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in verse #26 : organ music

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dennis Clark

If the last three letters of the f-word are what seems most repellent about it — the sound of “uck” — that would explain how some other words ending that way still seem a bit odd, if not funny or … Continue reading →

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