Research Paper On John Milton

Though My Soul More Bent “Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent to serve therewith my maker.” The word Bent, as it is used in the footnote on the bottom of the page means determined. In the quote, John Milton is acknowledging how his change in his inability to see has made him useless but he still just wants to serve his God. (Owens, 2012, p. 493) John Milton was born in London in 1608. He grew up in religious based schools and into a wealthy family. Milton wrote his poetry in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and a few other languages. Upon his return home from traveling ther had been an, English Civil War. Milton devoted his writing to political, moral, and religious subjects and wrote essays and pamphlets at first against the Stuart monarchy.

It also shows how Milton felt that the rest of his days will be spent in the dark. Light is a metaphor for vision and is a metaphor to life because he was running out of light in others words his sight which he encounters with with his life coming to an end. This connects to Milton’s life because he is blind now and makes a broad statement on to how he used his last 40 years of being able to see. The speaker uses light to ask for validation because he alludes that he is given one coin and begs for forgiveness. (Thickstun, 2010, p. 173) In other words, allusion means referring to a well-known person, event, object, or work from history or literature in which Milton alluded to the parable. He alluded to “The Parable of the Bags of Gold” in which there were three servants who were given three different bags of gold. The first two brought their bags of gold back and doubled it. The third servant buried his one bag of gold asking for forgiveness but miss his master's whole point in giving them the gold. He did not do as he was told and was punished. ("Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 25 - New International Version", p. 1) The speaker is like the servants because he is given an unworthy task from his master, like the servant who buried his gold, his light will be spent in the darkness but the

The turn of the poem usually takes place in the sestet of the poem. In the article, it says that turn of the poem doesn’t take place until after the octave has ended immediately shifting from the speakers condition and what he is told to do by Patience. (Thickstun, 2010, p. 176) The turn of the poem is located after Milton ask God why he is denied light and when recognizing Patience’s thoughts. Personification is a type of figurative language in which an animal thing force of nature or idea is described as if it were human or given human characteristics. (Owens, 2012, p. 490) Patience is being personified as a person in this poem. Patience gives the speaker the advice that he should wait and submit. The speaker is being offered wise advice from an unknown voice which gives him the insight he needs. (Thickstun, 2010, p. 168) “God doth not need either man’s work or his own gifts. Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best.” The lines, “God doth not need either man’s work or his own gifts” simply means that god does not need anything from the speaker of materialistics. God is different from the master in the parable because the master asked for talent when in this case god does not want the speaker’s gifts (talent). Patience states that clearly the person who waits and submit best serves God. The speaker is carrying the yoke, which means a frame that is fitted to a person's