Paradise Lost

Books 1

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Greek muses - elevated language not used before
That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount
What milton is going to do in the poem
I may assert eternal providence and justify the ways of God to men
A name for satan
The infernal serpant
A paradox of which satan wanted to do
Equalled the most high
Satan as a fallen angel what God did to him
Him the almighty power hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky
Satan in real pain for what he had lost suffering
The thought of both lost happiness and lasting pain torments him
Oxymoron about light
No light but darkness visable
Torture
But torture without end
God's power
And till then who knew the force of those dire arms?
Inner pain of satan
Though in pain, vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair
Weakness - innocence by satan
To be weak is miserable, doing or suffering
Satan's intentions - revenge
But ever to do ill our sole delight
Reinforcement - balance from opposites
What reinforcement we may gain from hope, if not what resolution from despair
Epic similie - size of satan
Extended long and large lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge as whom the fables name of monstrous size
Size of satan
His mighty stature