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Homeric Simile In Paradise Lost
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An epic simile, also known as a Homeric simile, is defined as a simile where A is compared to B, then B is described in such detail that it becomes a digression. John Milton employed this device several times throughout Paradise Lost. The first two books of Paradise Lost are justly celebrated; t ....
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....is precedent was followed, or at least honored nearly universally, by epic poets up to Milton. In Paradise Lost, tradition is modified to weave the long similes more closely into the poem’s structure and meaning. “Milton’s purpose was to absorb mythological themes into their myths, reassembling Truth as, in his figure, Isis reassembled the body of Osiris” (MacCaffrey, 120). His similes descend from the universals of myth to instances in history, legend, and nature, and so show something of th.... |
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