Milton’s Grand style

2. Milton’s Grand
style
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3. Biography
 John Milton
 Born in 1608 in London, England .
 Best Known for writing Paradise Lost…..
 John Milton was an English poet and author.
 Latin, Greek , French , English.
 Influence on 18th century verse.
 Milton lost his sight in 1653.
 Died in 1674

4. Paradise Lost
 Paradise lost is an long epic poem.
 Milton write 12 Books for Paradise Lost.
 The first version published in 1667 consist on
ten volumes.
 A second edition followed in 1674, arranged
Into 12 books .

5. Milton’s Grand style
 Blank verse style
 Epic style
 Epic similes
 Rhythmic style
 Latinized style
Elevated Speeches

6. Blank verse style
Blank verse is un rhyme verse. It is very difficult to
write well in blank verse that is why a few Poets
have been successful in handling it. Paradise Lost
is an blank verse poem.
For Example .
“The internal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother of mankind, what time his pride
Had cast him out from Heav’n with all his host”

7. Epic style
A striking feature of Milton’s style in Paradise Lost
is his use of epic similes. These are expanded to
draw complete pictures.
For Example.
“As for remov’d from God and light of Heaven
As from the centre thrice to the utmost Pole.”

8. Epic similes
Following the epic traditions of Homer and
Virgil, Milton introduces the large number of
epic similes which are scattered throughout in
his works. Milton’s style consists in the
excellence of these similes by which he
conveys his meanings. The famous similes of
the Book 1of Paradise Lost are:

9. Rhythmic style
The measured flow of words and phrases in
verse or prose as determined by the relation
of long or short or stressed and unstressed
syllables.
For Example.
“Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice,
To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”

10. Latinized style
In ausonian land,
Men called him Mulciber
he does not says, ”pharaoh and his
Egyptian horsemen, but “busiris and his
memphian chivalry. “to suggest the splendor
of an angelic trumpet he invents a periphrasis
of vague magnificence”

11. Elevated Speeches
The lofty tone is maintained in the speeches of
Satan, as for instance in the speech to
Beelzebub . one cannot help noting the
rhetorical eloquence with which Satan
encourage the fallen angle.
For Example.
What though the field be lost?
All is not lost- the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immoral hate,
And courage never to submit or yield;
And what is else not to be overcome?

12. Conclusion:
In brief, we can say that in Milton influences of
the Renaissance and of Puritanism are
apparent. He owed on his lofty and austere
character to the Puritanism. He got wonderful
triumph over imaginations which cause at it’s
best in Paradise Lost…

13. John Milton says
Nor from hell one step on more
than from himself can fly By change
of place.