the struggle o fth e puritans against the monarchy.
In Elizabeth’s lime verse was the dominant form o f literature.
Poetry dominated in English literature o f the early seventeenth
century. The poet John Donne and his fol Sowers wrote what later
was called metaphysical poetry, that is complex, highly intellectual
verse filled with intricate and prolonged metaphors. Ben Jonson
and his disciples, called “the sons o f Ben” or “the tribe o f Ben”,
developed the second main style o f poetry. They wrote in a more
conservative, restrained fashion and on more limited subjects than
the metaphysical poets. A great poet o f the century, John Milton
had a style o f his own, and he remained outside both Donne’s and
Jonson’s influence.
John M ilton
(1608 - 1674)
The greatest poet o f the 17lh century John Milton was born
in
London on
December 9, 1608. M ilton’s father was a prosperous
scrivener in
London.
He was also an amateur composer.
From childhood Milton learned to love music and books; he
read and studied so intensely that at the age o f twelve he had
already formed the habit o f working until midnight. At f rst Milton
attended St. Paul’s school. His progress in every department o f
knowledge w as very rapid, and at the age o f sixteen he went to
the University o f Cambridge. On graduating, Milton retired to his
father’s country place, Horton, in Buckinghamshire. There he
gave h im self up to study and poetry. Many o f M ilton’s poems
were written at Horton. These comprise the first period in his
creative work.
Milton had long wished to complete his education by travelling,
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