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| greek muses - elevated language not used before |
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| that with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount |
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| what milton is going to do in the poem |
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| i may assert eternal providence and justify the ways of God to men |
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| a paradox of which satan wanted to do |
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| satan as a fallen angel what God did to him |
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| him the almighty power hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky |
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| Satan in real pain for what he had lost suffering |
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| the thought of both lost happiness and lasting pain torments him |
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| no light but darkness visable |
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| and till then who knew the force of those dire arms? |
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| though in pain, vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair |
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| weakness - innocence by satan |
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| to be weak is miserable, doing or suffering |
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| satan's intentions - revenge |
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| but ever to do ill our sole delight |
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| reinforcement - balance from opposites |
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| what reinforcement we may gain from hope, if not what resolution from despair |
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| epic similie - size of satan |
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| extended long and large lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge as whom the fables name of monstrous size |
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| epic similie - combustion |
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| the shattered side of thundering Aetna, whose combustible and fuelled entrails |
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| is this the region, this the soil this the clime...this the seat thatwe must change for heaven, this mournful gloom for that celestial light? |
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| the mind - how you can convince your self that things are not as bad |
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| the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven |
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| ambition - making hell sound appealing |
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| better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven |
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| he walked with to support uneasy steps |
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| semblance of worth, not substance |
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| what the angels think of Satan |
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| with the setting sun dropped fromthe zenith like a falling angel |
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| but all was false and hollow |
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| epic similie - angels when debate is over |
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| as when hollow rocks retain the sound of blustring winds |
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| if god knew why did he let it happen? free will of humanity |
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| vain wisdom all, and false philosophy |
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battle proud a dungeon horrible darkness visable |
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