Discuss Paradise Lost Book I as an epic
Question: Discuss Paradise Lost Book I as an epic. Introduction An epic is a long narrative poem with heroic actions and written in a lofty…
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According to Mathew Arnold, Poetry is criticism of life. So be critic that means be a poet.
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The allegorical significance of the fight between the monster Error and Red Cross Knight.
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The use of the supernatural in The Ancient Mariner
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Description of hell
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