Milton's Paradise Lost is considered his magnum opus and helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time. Milton employs a grand and elevated style in Paradise Lost, using pompous and elaborate language to match the lofty themes of the epic. Some key characteristics of Milton's style include his ability to depict immense scenes through sublime writing, his use of epic similes following Homeric and Virgilian tradition, his skilled employment of blank verse, and his incorporation of Latinized words and sounds. In conclusion, Milton's writing was influenced by both Renaissance and Puritan ideals.

1. Milton’s Grand style.
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2. Intro:
• Paradise lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the
17th centaury. English poet John Milton 1608-
1674.
The first version published in 1667 consist on ten
volumes. With over ten thousand lines of verse. A
second edition followed in 1674, arranged Into 12
books (in the manner of Virgil's adenoid) with
minor revisions throughout and a note on the
verification. It is considered by critics to be
Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his
reputation as one of the greatest english poet of
his time.

3. Milton’s Grand style
• Milton is a great stylist he implies a specific language in
paradise lost which is remarkable for sustain dignity.
The theme of the epic is loftily and elevated. Thus his
language becomes pompous and elaborate. Raleigh
describes his style “ A satine brocade, stiff with gold”
He is quite different to wordsworth who was of the
openion that there is no essential difference between
the language of prose and the language of poetry. he
did not use natural and everyday language even for
describing simple and natural objects.

4. Characteristics :
• Milton’s sublimity:
• Milton, more then any other poet, deserves
the adjectives. He is a sublime writer and has
a sublime style. His scenes are immeasurable ;
mountain, sea and forest are but his plaything.
His imagination hesitate not to paint chaous,
heaven, hell, the white spread universe. No
other poet could find suitable word for such
vast themes, but milton never falters.

5. Epic similes:
• Following the epic traditions of homer and
virgil, Milton introduces the large number of
epic similies which are scattered througout in
his works. Miltons style consists in the
execelence of these similies by which he
convays his meanings.

6. Milton’s use of Blank verse:
• 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. The variation in the rhythm of Blank verse
depend on pause or caesura and periods.
Milton employed rhyme verse for his early
Poems “Ode On The Morning Of Christ”,
“Nativity” and Il Penseros.

7. Milton's Latinized Style:
• Milton was a Latin scholar. He was deeply
impressed by the musical sounds of Latin. He
borrowed many words from Latin in his
Paradise Lost. Sometimes it difficult for the
reader to understand even the common things
what he prefers Latin words as more
enchanting and charming than English words.

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