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John Milton, Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness.
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Vicky Collard 12C Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness John Milton (1608-1674) was a 17th century poet who wrote many great poems such as 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regained' and 'On His Blindness.' The sonnet 'On His Blindness' was composed about his blindness, it is a Petrachan sonnet, which means it consists of an octet and a sestet. The rhyming pattern is as follows: A, B, B, A, A, B, B, A - Octet C, D, E, C, D, E - Sestet This rhyming pattern is used because...? The poet is speaking to the reader about how his blindness prevents him from serving God as much as he wishes to. 'When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide' In these lines there is a lexical set of light and dark, this lexical set helps the poet to convey his blindness. The light mentioned might refer to the light of day and helps to...
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