John Milton's "Sonnet 19: When I Consider How My Light is Spent" is a fourteen-line poem likely written in the 1650s, when Milton lost his eyesight. As such, the poem's more colloquial title is "On His Blindness." In this sonnet, the speaker depicts a profound struggle with faith after his loss of vision. Without the ability to see, the speaker wonders how best to serve God. He explores the themes of darkness and light as well as work and rest before ultimately realizing there are many different ways to serve God.
The English poet and controversialist John Milton (1608-1674) was a champion of liberty and of love-centered marriage. He is chiefly famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and for his defense of unc...
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John Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654...
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John Milton's claim to continued recollection rests primarily, of course, on his preeminence as a poet. In 1642 he said that he had been forced by a sense of political duty to interrupt his efforts to...
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England's preeminent epic poet, John Milton was also the author of a logic textbook: Joannis Miltoni Angli, Artis logicae plenior institutio, ad Petri Rami methodum concinnata, adjecta est praxis anna...
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Biography EssayJohn Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Pro...
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John Milton
John Milton