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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His success was starting to overwhelm him
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He realized that he has not yet done anything successful
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He wants to finally stop writing because it is a waste of his time
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He disapproves of his talent in writing because it does not pay much
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Detailed explanation-1: -He has been at Cambridge studying, but has had little time to fulfill what he sees as his destiny. Milton is aware he is a talented poet, but instead of writing poetry, he has been studying. This precipitates a crisis of faith for the poet, who worries he has wasted precious time.
Detailed explanation-2: -Written in an autobiographical mode, it contains Milton’s reflections on his late maturing. The dominating passion of his life is ‘to justify the ways of God to man’ and write in praise of God. Here, he blames Time for stealing away his youth without ripening his poetic talent.
Detailed explanation-3: -ON HIS BEING ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF 23. HOW soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!
Detailed explanation-4: -Milton feels guilty that, due to the loss of his eye sight, he is not able to write poems in praise of God. He thinks that on the Day of Judgement, God might perhaps chide him for wasting the “Talents” given to him. much labour from a blind man as ‘from those blessed with eye-sight’.
Detailed explanation-5: -He got the feeling of helplessness and a sense of despondency arising out of his blindness. In a better mood, Milton is inclined to think of God as a hard taskmaster. He feels that God will rebuke him for not using his gift of writing poetry.