Milton and Dryden: A Comparison and Contrast in Poetic Ideas and Poetic Method

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Note to readers: John Milton's epic "Paradise Lost" is a poetic story of the fall of mankind in Genesis. Milton tells the story of the origin of man and the encounter with Satan by imagining the scene where the devil is expelled to hell, the birth of death, the war of heaven, and the dialogue between Adam and Eve and God and angels I will. In contrast, John Dawn used the sonnet structure of the Holy sonnet to explain the full dependence of man on God. This article discusses the theology and imagination of the Renaissance poet who brought biblical ideas to literature to clarify the rationality and beauty of their beliefs.

The rationality of Milton's lost paradise and John Dunne's "Sonnets" - Acting theology in Christian religion

Many thought thinkers of the 18th century expressed respect and comment to Milton's poetry and non-poetry works. In addition to John Dryden, there are Alexander Pop, Joseph Addison, Thomas Newton and Samuel Johnson. For example, on The Observer, Joseph Addison writes a lot of notes, comments, and descriptions about certain parts of Paradise Lost. Senior Jonathan Richardson and young Jonathan Richardson co - authored a book of criticism. In 1749, Thomas Newton published numerous Milton poems, including his own notes, Dryden, Pope, Addison, Richardson (Father and Son) etc. The Newton version of Milton was the culmination of early enlighteners to the glory of Milton; it may also be caused by the notorious version of Richard Bentley, as mentioned above. Samuel Johnson wrote many articles about the lost paradise, and Milton was included in the life of his best British poet (1779-1781)

Thanks to "sweetness of poetry", Dryden's age is considered superior to other eras. Arnold asked if the great poets Dryden and the Pope were truly an 18th century poetry classic. He said Dryden reveals that he is even better than Milton and Chapman when he writes prose for readers' post play in the translation of The Aeneid. Just as relaxation of the religious problems during the repair was a direct result of Puritan's strict discipline, it dominates the dangerous imagination found in metaphysical poetry, counteracting "dangerous prevalence" It was. Restrictions imposed on poets are unity, regularity, accuracy and balance. These restrictions suppress the growth of poetry and promote prose growth