Which is the greatest of his minor poets? Why? Is the keynote of Comus in accord with Puritan ideals? Are there qualities in Lycidas that justify calling it "the high-water mark" of English lyrical poetry? Which poem has most powerfully affected theological thought? Which do you think is oftenest read to-day? Why? What are the most striking characteristics of Milton's poetry? Contrast Milton's greatness, limitations, and ideals of life, with Shakespeare's.
FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER V:
[Footnote 1: See Milton's Sonnet: On the Late Massacre in Piedmont.]
[Footnote 2: Robert Herrick's Prayer to Ben Jonson.]
[Footnote 3: Paradise Lost, Book VII., lines 577-578.]
[Footnote 4: Ibid., Book II., lines 719-720.]
[Footnote 5: Paradise Lost, Book VII., lines 207-209.]
[Footnote 6: The Cambridge History of English Literature, Vol. VII., p.156.]
[Footnote 7: Paradise Lost, Book I., line 254.]
[Footnote 8: Ibid, line 262.]