ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -John Milton (1608–1674) has often been regarded as the greatest poet of his time, yet he did not compose his most famous work, Paradise Lost, until after he had become blind in both eyes.

Detailed explanation-2: -"When I Consider How My Light is Spent” (Also known as “On His Blindness") is one of the best known of the sonnets of John Milton (1608–1674).

Detailed explanation-3: -Despite being published in 1673, it is believed Milton began composing the poem around 1655 when his blindness was fully complete.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Milton wrote “On His Blindness” to express his frustration and wavering faith that his blindness brought on. At first, he doesn’t understand why God would make him blind if writing, his great talent, requires sight or what he is expected to do about it.

Detailed explanation-5: -On His Blindness is a personal sonnet of Milton in which he expressed deep sorrow on his premature loss of sight. He thinks that he has nothing to offer in the glory of his God. Soon he realizes that God is a king of the kings He does not need any gifts, service or talent of His creature.