A true Christian can only be awarded by divine and never failing judgement or by Christ himself. In St. Peter’s words on Christian speech, Milton made changes effectively. It suggests that righteousness always wins over evil. God suggests that accepting your faults and guilt over your sins bring new and greater good in evil. Divine justice allows sufferings and losses which is an endless fountain of generosity. This pastoral convention is related to the Christian terms and notions. The Christian Archangel and the classical symbol of dolphins and conjoined. The setting and rising of the sun is a symbol of rebirth. The Christian soul goes to Heaven with the ocean of Nectar. The protest against undivine justice at Lycidas premature death is resolved with the human notion that it is a kind justice of God.
Milton adds final speech by the third person whereas the poem is in first person. There is no mention of the first person after the tenth Eclogue in Virgil. The poems ended with the day’s end and the departure of the shepherd from this world. It shifts the perspective from lamenting to accepting fate. The poem has the beauty of lyric and dialogues. The rhythm is iambic pentameter by introducing the three foot line. The poem is made up of 11 verse paragraphs. The couplets and unrhymed lines are used. F. T. Prince states that Milton uses a large scale lyric. He said that unrhymed lines or paragraphs may be the variation of traditional or large scale lyrics which are difficult and have identical rhyming schemes. He uses different words as ‘key’ to make sense of the words unrhythmically like he made association of Lycidas, Genius, Perilous, etc. he was influenced by Italian pastoral verse like ecologues of Sannazaro and Berardino Rota. He uses words like swain, rather, scrannel pledge in the sense from the simple and local poverty stricken area.
Some critics said that Lycidas is a lyric of drama and can be read as a dramatic speech. Lowry Nelson throws light on Lycidas in ‘Baroque Lyric Poetry’. The poem has voices of two to three simple and manipulative voices. The swain has two voices: one for observing and other for reflecting the thoughts. The emotions between Lycidas and the poet are inclusive of personal beliefs and emotions. Lycidas shows the influence of Pindaric Classic Ode where one sees the transfer of the subjects, timelines, myth and multiple voices. His work has five parts; ode, introduction, judgement, confirmation, temporary shift of the character and climax. Milton was influenced by classical literature. Pastoral notions make him imagine things infused with personal worries and satire to work on pastoral elegy. E. M. W. Tillyard says that the real motive behind Milton’s Lycidas is himself. It is the fear of death which leads to separation. Edward Philips says that he has never had such a beautiful portrayal of loss of a friend so sophisticatedly.
A true Christian can only be awarded by divine and never failing judgement or by Christ himself. In St. Peter’s words on Christian speech, Milton made changes effectively. It suggests that righteousness always wins over evil. God suggests that accepting your faults and guilt over your sins bring new and greater good in evil. Divine justice allows sufferings and losses which is an endless fountain of generosity. This pastoral convention is related to the Christian terms and notions. The Christian Archangel and the classical symbol of dolphins and conjoined. The setting and rising of the sun is a symbol of rebirth. The Christian soul goes to Heaven with the ocean of Nectar. The protest against undivine justice at Lycidas premature death is resolved with the human notion that it is a kind justice of God.
Milton adds final speech by the third person whereas the poem is in first person. There is no mention of the first person after the tenth Eclogue in Virgil. The poems ended with the day’s end and the departure of the shepherd from this world. It shifts the perspective from lamenting to accepting fate. The poem has the beauty of lyric and dialogues. The rhythm is iambic pentameter by introducing the three foot line. The poem is made up of 11 verse paragraphs. The couplets and unrhymed lines are used. F. T. Prince states that Milton uses a large scale lyric. He said that unrhymed lines or paragraphs may be the variation of traditional or large scale lyrics which are difficult and have identical rhyming schemes. He uses different words as ‘key’ to make sense of the words unrhythmically like he made association of Lycidas, Genius, Perilous, etc. he was influenced by Italian pastoral verse like ecologues of Sannazaro and Berardino Rota. He uses words like swain, rather, scrannel pledge in the sense from the simple and local poverty stricken area.
Some critics said that Lycidas is a lyric of drama and can be read as a dramatic speech. Lowry Nelson throws light on Lycidas in ‘Baroque Lyric Poetry’. The poem has voices of two to three simple and manipulative voices. The swain has two voices: one for observing and other for reflecting the thoughts. The emotions between Lycidas and the poet are inclusive of personal beliefs and emotions. Lycidas shows the influence of Pindaric Classic Ode where one sees the transfer of the subjects, timelines, myth and multiple voices. His work has five parts; ode, introduction, judgement, confirmation, temporary shift of the character and climax. Milton was influenced by classical literature. Pastoral notions make him imagine things infused with personal worries and satire to work on pastoral elegy. E. M. W. Tillyard says that the real motive behind Milton’s Lycidas is himself. It is the fear of death which leads to separation. Edward Philips says that he has never had such a beautiful portrayal of loss of a friend so sophisticatedly.