FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN MILTON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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didn’t want to become a poet
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always wanted to become a politician
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always knew he was going to become a poet
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became a politician first, then a poet
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Detailed explanation-1: -Completely blind since 1652, he increasingly devoted his time to poetry. Amanuenses, assisted sometimes by Milton’s two nephews and his daughter Deborah, were employed to take dictation, correct copy, and read aloud, and Milton made rapid progress on projects he had put off many years before.
Detailed explanation-2: -Enheduanna, the author of a number of hymns dedicated to the priestess Inanna, is a fascinating figure. She was a Sumerian high priestess who lived in the 23rd century BC, around 1, 500 years before Homer. Enheduanna lived in the city of Ur (in modern-day Iraq), and was a priestess of the Sumerian moon god Nanna.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -He referred to his prose works as the achievements of his “left hand.” Like the illustrious literary forebears with whom he invites comparison, Milton used his poetry to address issues of religion and politics, the central concerns also of his prose.