![]() ![]() Most readers are probably unaware that a question is being asked until they see the question mark at the end of the passage. That Satan's point here is obscured by the language cannot be denied. To one and to his image now proclaim'd? (V, 772-784). Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prostration vile, Of midnight march, and hurried meeting here, Of King anointed, for whom all this haste ![]() Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers, "In fact," said Eliot, "it was an influence against which we still have to struggle."Įliot's prime example is from Book V as Satan addresses his followers concerning the Son: Eliot praised Milton in "A Note on the Verse of John Milton" (Martz 12-18): "hat he could do well he did better than anyone else has ever done." Then Eliot added, "Milton's poetry could only be an influence for the worse, upon any poet whatever." The general thrust of Eliot's criticism is that Milton's purposely adopted grand style is both so difficult to accomplish and so complicated (in places) to understand that it causes a deterioration in the poetic style of those who are influenced by it and cannot meet its demands. In modern times, Milton's style first received general criticism from T. ![]()
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