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Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
“The name of Milton”, says Raleigh, “is become the mark, not of a biography
nor of a theme, but of a style – the most distinguished in our poetry.” In all that he has written
he has impressed his indomitable personality and irrepressible originality. Jhon Milton is not only
in every line of Paradise lost but in every line of poetry that he has written. As Macaulay has said:
“There is not a square inch of his poetry from first to last of which one could not confidently
say.” “This is Milton and no one else.” His accent and speech alike in Ode to Nativity and in
Paradise lost are his own and in marked contrast to any other English poet.