Philosophy of Milton in When I Consider how my Light is Spent and Borge

The Philosophy of Milton in When I Consider how my lite is Spent and Borges in Poema de los dones Jorge Luis Borges espoused a philosophy that all men are each other (Stabb 52). His literature frequents the understructure by dominateing the repetition of events that transpire heedless of the person involved. His becoming blind coincided with his appointment as Director of the field of study Library of Argentina, and he understood this splendid irony of perfection as another wrinkle in the circular repetition of existence. prat Miltons conventional use of the Petrarchan sonnet provides a balanced structure for him to blend his eff with the general human experience, but his effort promotes an in contendd, self-reflective goal of trying to find Gods mandate when he becomes blind. While Borges universalizes his blindness in order to show his idea of transindividuality in Poema de los dones (Poem of the Gifts), Milton responds to the permanence of his night by in the long r un resigning to a justified ascetism, patience, and contemplation as he awaits Gods command in When I Consider how my Light is Spent. A graceful tug of war between continuity and schism, a changing fusion of the personal and the universal, and a tone of resignation direct Milton to the difficult acceptance of serving God by standing and waiting. Continuity within a set of lines shapes the theme by urging the poet to continue his faith in God. Contrasts in images and audiences specialise the differences between the soul-seeking author and the well-meaning orator. Petrarchan sonnets usually invite the poet to propose a series of distinct statements from line to line. Milton deviates from the anticipated sentence divisions by confluence one idea within m... ...Milton A Structural Reading. London Edward Arnold, 1974. Borges, Jorge Luis. Borges A Reader. Eds. Emir Rodriguez Monegal and Alastair Reid. New York E.P. Dutton, 1981. Miller, David M. John Milton Poetry. Boston Twayne Publishers, 1978. Milton, John. When I Consider how my Light is Spent. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Sixth Edition. Ed. M.H. Abrams et al. New York W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Modern Critical Views Jorge Luis Borges. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York Chelsea endure Publishers, 1986. Nicolson, Marjorie Hope. John Milton A readers guide to his poetry. New York Octagon Books, 1983. Stabb, Martin S. Jorge Luis Borges. Boston Twayne Publishers, 1970. Wilson, A.N. The Life of John Milton. Oxford Oxford University Press, 1983.