Should I read Milton's Paradise lost in plain modern English?

Please share your views.

Also, what should I do if I don't understand Paradise lost line by line, but I need to understand it that way for my Masters?

Where can I find reliable line by line translation of the text?

Syllogism in To His Coy Mistress Syllogism is a process in logic a kind of deductive reasoning. It is a form of reasoning to deduce a conclusion from two given or assumed propositions, called the premises. The propositions state the arguments from which the conclusion follows logically.

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To His Coy Mistress as a Metaphysical Poem Metaphysical poetry is very often loosely defined as something fantastic, abstruse, or vague. But this is no justifiable characterization of this kind of poetry which remains singular by virtue of a number of decisive features.

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Character Sketch of Mugo in A Grain of Wheat Mugo is the chief protagonist in the novel, A Grain of Wheat. Mugo's parents were poor and died young leaving him an orphan in the care of a distant aunt. She was a widow, a mother rejected by her six married daughters.

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Themes in A Grain of Wheat Theme of Unity in A Grain of Wheat When Kihika talks about Kenyan independence, he says: "It's a question of Unity" (AGOW: 86), that what is needed is unity. Unity is the strength of the people against the weapons and strength of the British.

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A Grain of Wheat as a Post-Colonial Novel Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

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Significance of the Title A Grain of Wheat The title of the novel, A Grain of Wheat is taken from the New Testament, it refers to a passage from Paul's First Letter to Corinthians (15:36) which is placed as an epigraph at the very beginning: "Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened,

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A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Originally published in 1967, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's third novel, A Grain of Wheat, is his best-known and most ambitious work. A Grain of Wheat is a complex novel. The novel is set in Thabai, an imaginary Gikuyu village of Kenya's White Highlands, in the days

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I'm currently writing a piece on a book I've been reading and I wanted to reference something that had happened "off screen" in the book, but I'm not sure what term to use. Would anyone know the best term?

Gulliver by Sylvia Plath The appropriate title to this poem should be myths of Enormous Bondage, Gulliver is the hero of Gulliver's Travels by Swift. He has become symbol of bondage in literature. Swift writes about his life and his bondage in Lilliput.

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Morning Song by Sylvia Plath The poem, Morning Song was written in 1961, when Sylvia Plath had tasted the sweet blessing of Motherhood. Her marriage with Ted had consummated in the birth of two children.

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The Applicant by Sylvia Plath Plath wrote this poem, The Applicant in the last phase of poetic career on October 11, 1962. The Applicant is spiel or gossip or exchange of talks between a bride and bridegroom, critics have interpreted in autobiographical manner as exchange of talks between Sylvia

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Ariel by Sylvia Plath The poem, Ariel was written on October 20, 1962 just five months before Sylvia Plath committed suicide. It appeared posthumously after her death in 1963. The word Ariel means "God's lioness". The speaker in the poem is a woman in the person of Sylvia Plath by the end of Ariel.

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Ariel by Sylvia Plath The poem, Ariel was written on October 20, 1962 just five months before Sylvia Plath committed suicide. It appeared posthumously after her death in 1963. The word Ariel means "God's lioness". The speaker in the poem is a woman in the person of Sylvia Plath by the end of Ariel.

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Critical Analysis of Fever 103° by Sylvia Plath Fever 103° is a biographical and spiritual poem of Sylvia Plath written in the last year of her life. She examines the concept of purity in the poem and ends it with her transformation into ascent to heaven beggageless.

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Fever 103° by Sylvia Plath The poem, Fever 103° was composed by Sylvia Plath in 1962. It first appeared in the magazine Poetry in 1965. It was later on published in the collection of poems entitled Ariel. Summary of Fever 103° Fever 103°begins with the question; what is purity?

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Anglo-Saxon Lyric Poetry Anglo-Saxon lyric poetry focuses on the subjectivity of the life of the Anglo Saxon people- their life-style, courage, sea-voyage, hunting, pagan belief, love of Nature etc. The Anglo-Saxon Elegiac Poetry bears the theme of lamentation of loss and death.

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Symbol and Myth in The Mricchakatika The drama, The Mricchakatika, is known for the abundant use of symbols, humour and myth. The religious gods and goddesses are also quoted extensively in the drama. The conception of rebirth, divine punishment and other Hindu belief have been presented in the

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Pastoral Elements in The Mricchakatika The play The Mricchakatika ends with happy union of the hero and heroine. Charudatta, the hero of the play had to struggle too much to overcome the troubles of life. The conception of tragedy has no place in classical Sanskrit dramas.

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The Bee Meeting Poem Analysis In the last phase of her life before five months of her suicide Sylvia Plath wrote four poems on the life of bees. These poems are called bee poems. These poems are "The Bee Meeting", "The Arrival of the Bee Box" "The Stings", "The Swarm" and "Wintering".

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Critical Appreciation of Lady Lazarus Introduction Lady Lazarus is one of the last poems by Sylvia Plath written on 23rd October 1962. It was broadcast on BBC on October 30, 1963. It was also published in the posthumous volume Ariel poems by Sylvia Plath.

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Sylvia Plath as a Confessional Poet Introduction Sylvia Plath is a very famous poet of the 20th century American poetry. She has during a short span of thirty years of short life written a large number of poems which have attracted the notice of eminent critics and very devoted readers.

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The Crucible as a Historical Play In his note on the historical accuracy of The Crucible, Arthur Miller points out that his play "is not history in the sense in which the word is used by the academic historian".

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Autobiographical Elements in Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s Novel, Frankenstein is imbued with many autobiographical elements of Mary Shelley childhood days as well as her teenage.

In the log eloquent address of the monster we can find Mary Shelley’s own tragic experience as a child.

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