Quiz 10 Flashcards
a long narrative poem in elevated or dignified language that tells the story of a hero and reflects the values of a culture
epic poetry
celestial; heavenly
ethereal
unbreakable
adamantine
to bitterly regret
rue
angels with three wings; member of the highest order of angels
Seraphim
locations where God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses
Oreb and Sinai
wild; turbulent
tempestuous
eternal punishment; damnation
perdition
refusing to change course of action; unyielding
obdurate
Urania
Heavenly Muse
a very steep drop
precipice
the continuation of a sentence without pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza
enjambment
doubtful; uncertain
dubious
the ruler of the realm of confusion on the edge of hell
Chaos
heavenly; divine
supernal
poetic form of Paradise Lost
iambic pentameter blank verse
invoking the Heavenly Muse
epic convention
“Th’ infernal Serpent; he it was whose guile
Stirred up with envy and revenge …”
seduced our “grandparents”
where Satan was thrown
“adamantine chains and penal fire”
Satan’s resolution
- “Yet not for those,*
- Nor what the potent Victor in his rage*
- Can else inflict, do I repent or change”*
- “Titanian or Earth-born, that warred on Jove,*
- Briareos or Typhon, whom the den*
- By ancient Tarsus held”*
Satan described through simile
“And high permission of all-ruling heaven”
“Left him at large to his own dark designs”
Milton’s request and aim
- “…what in me is dark*
- Illumine, what is lowe raise and support;*
- That to the height of this great argument,*
- I may assert Eternal Providence,*
- And justify the ways of God to men.”*
the usual material of epic poetry
heroes fighting in great battles
