ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is ‘The Passionate Pilgrim’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Milton wrote poetry and prose between 1632 and 1674, and is most famous for his epic poetry. Special Collections and Archives holds a variety of Milton’s major works, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, L’Allegro, and Il Penseroso. Paradise Lost is one of the most recognized works in English literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Milton worked in Latin, and his English poems were steeped in classical forms such as imagery, rhetoric, and allusions. Three of his major works were written in mainstream classical genres: twelve-book epic, pastoral, and Aristotelian tragedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1673, Milton republished his 1645 Poems, as well as a collection of his letters and the Latin prolusions from his Cambridge days.