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However, the references to light and darkness in the poem make it virtually certain that Milton's blindness was at least a secondary theme. The sonnet is in the Petrarchan form, with the rhyme scheme a b b a a b b a c d e c d e but adheres to the Miltonic conception of the form, with a greater usage of enjambment .
When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker and present My true account, lest he returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent
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1652: When I Consider How My Light is Spent (Commonly referred to as "On his blindness", though Milton did not use this title) [a] 1655: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont; 1667: Paradise Lost; 1671: Paradise Regained; 1671: Samson Agonistes; 1673: Poems, &c, Upon Several Occasions; Arcades: a masque. (date is unknown).
Poetry analysis is the process of investigating the form of a poem, content, structural semiotics, and history in an informed way, with the aim of heightening one's own and others' understanding and appreciation of the work.
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The Oxford English Dictionary's definition of weed is "an article of apparel; a garment", and is consistent with the theme of mending, re-using, etc. ("all my best is dressing old words new"). [ 8 ] The "noted weed" of line 6 and the images of lines 7 and 8 seems to be echoed in a poem by Ben Jonson , published in the first pages of the First ...
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