ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -1. “A mind not to be changed by place or time. Can make a heav’n of hell, a hell of heav’n.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise Lost is an epic poem (12 books, totalling more than 10, 500 lines) written in blank verse, telling the biblical tale of the Fall of Mankind – the moment when Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and God banished them from the Garden of Eden forever.

Detailed explanation-3: -The purpose or theme of Paradise Lost then is religious and has three parts: 1) disobedience, 2) Eternal Providence, and 3) justification of God to men. Frequently, discussions of Paradise Lost center on the latter of these three to the exclusion of the first two.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, the correct sentence would be: Paradise lost, written by John Milton is an epic poem. We should avoid using a/an in the following conditions: ‘A/An’ is not used with any Plural Noun. ‘A/An’ is not used before The Uncountable Noun.