Paradise Regained

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The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Personality Personal growth

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 220.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 220.

The first and wisest of them all professed
To know this only, that he nothing knew.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Intellectual humility Wisdom Ignorance

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 293.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 293.

Just are the ways of God,
And justifiable to men;
Unless there be who think not God at all.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

John Milton

Source

Samson Agonistes Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 293.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Complete Shorter Poems, edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon. Modern Library, 2012, I. 293.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
And Eloquence.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Athens

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 4, I. 240.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, I. 240.

Most men admire
Virtue who follow not her lore.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Virtue

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 1, I. 482.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 482.