“It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest English poems; it may justly be taken as the type of supreme poetic achievement in our literature.” MayTwoThreeLiteratureLostTakenTypeAchievementAcceptedSupremeParadisePoetic Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them.” LongWholeEnergyDramaNarrativeRelatedPoetry IsPoeticEpicPersistentSuccession Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
