Paradise Lost - The Opening Invocation (1.1-26)

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[@AnitaSingh-lh1hn]

could you please answer sir "' In the opening invocation of the Paradise Lost "OREB"' refers to......................

[@subramanijothidam9march1890]

When you explain screen looks dull from after 8 or 9 minutes, but nice to hear your explanation

[@ryandavis280]

could you please explain what does the 'of' in the first and second line mean? it reminds me of the book title 'of mice and men', I also don't know what the 'of' means there...

[@MrHuffsLiteratureClass]

The syntax for the opening sentence is rather convoluted with the subject and verb ("Sing Heav'nly Muse") coming six lines in. If you rearrange the opening lines into a more familiar structure, it would read something like this: "Sing Heav'nly Muse of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste brought death into the world, and all our woe..." The opening prepositional phrases essentially serve as the direct object of the Heav'nly Muse's singing (i.e., what the speaker is asking the Heav'nly Muse to sing about ("of")).

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Great explanation of the opening. Thanks. Are you working thru the whole work?

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Key passages

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From 21 minutes fine

[@TannerCLynn]

Your analysis of the choice of the use of iambic pentameter is completely incorrect. Milton states very clearly that he purposely chose NOT to rhyme because it was barbarous invention that did not hold true to the history of the art form. He wrote Paradise Lost for the English speakers to have something similar to Homer or Virgil, who did not rhyme in their epics. He did not do it to comment on the loss of Paradise, due to the imperfection of the verse. He almost wrote his epic on the history of the English, much like the Aeneid/Iliad