Transcript John Milton 1608-1674

John Milton
1608-1674
By Virginia Deig, Abby
Gager, and Miranda Pepe
Biographical Information
 Born
and died in London, England
 1642 Civil War
 Political tracts and pamphlets
 Expressed Puritan leadership
How Soon Hath Time
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth
year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom
show'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,
That I to manhood am arrived so near,
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of
Heaven;
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great TaskMaster's eye.
Petrarch Sonnet
 Has
14 lines
 Has three stanzas -- two quatrains and a
sestet
 Rhyme scheme: abba abba in quatrains
and cdc dcd with some variations in
sestet
 Includes conceit, metaphor/simile, blason,
and personification
Interesting facts
Studied
at Cambridge
University
He was married three
times.
Paradise Lost
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Olson, Lydia Stack, and Carol Ann. Tomlinson.
McDougal Littell Literature: British Literature.
Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2008. Print.
"Milton, John - Fun Facts and Information." Milton,
John - Fun Facts and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 30
Sept. 2014.
"Petrarch." Petrarch. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.