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John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: laur (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 08, 2021 11:10PM
Are there any similies, assonances
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: laur (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 08, 2021 11:10PM
Are there any similies assonances?
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: lg (Moderator)
Date: November 09, 2021 12:19AM
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: Hugh Clary (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 09, 2021 11:34AM
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arrived so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven;
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
I see lots of assonance (look for identical/similar vowel sounds in words near to each other, laur), but no similes. Perhaps examples of metaphor were sought instead?
Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth
That I to manhood am arrived so near;
And inward ripeness doth much less appear,
That some more timely-happy spirits endu'th.
Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot, however mean or high,
Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven;
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
I see lots of assonance (look for identical/similar vowel sounds in words near to each other, laur), but no similes. Perhaps examples of metaphor were sought instead?
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: IanB (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 09, 2021 04:32PM
Line 8 isn't easy to understand. 'That' looks as if it ought to be 'Than' (grammatically), and what's 'endu'th'? Perhaps a contraction of 'endureth'?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2021 06:45AM by IanB.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2021 06:45AM by IanB.
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: Linda (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 10, 2021 07:06AM
My copy of Milton, printed 1896, has "That" and "indueth" in Line 8.
endue /, / v.tr. (also indue) (-dues, -dued, -duing) (foll. by with) literary
invest or provide (a person or thing) with qualities, powers, etc.
[earlier = induct, put on clothes: Middle English via Old French enduire from Latin inducere ‘lead in’, associated in meaning with Latin induere ‘put on (clothes)’]
COD
endue /, / v.tr. (also indue) (-dues, -dued, -duing) (foll. by with) literary
invest or provide (a person or thing) with qualities, powers, etc.
[earlier = induct, put on clothes: Middle English via Old French enduire from Latin inducere ‘lead in’, associated in meaning with Latin induere ‘put on (clothes)’]
COD
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: lg (Moderator)
Date: November 10, 2021 07:27AM
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: Hugh Clary (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 10, 2021 10:48AM
What - no notes about Stol'n!? Apparently the great man at age 23, though still in full possession of his eyesight, lacks a rhyming dictionary and a primer on avoiding egregious constructions. Shew'th is so bad it gives one a shudder. Still, even if he rhymes heaven with even, he does know heaven is a two syllable word - in most verses of his day one is usually forced to pronounce it heav'n to get the rhythm to work.
Re: John Milton's On his having arrived at the age of twenty three
Posted by: JohnnySansCulo (192.168.128.---)
Date: November 10, 2021 10:55AM
He shewth me a pathway to heavn
by eating of bread that's unleavn
but methinks he be vexd
when i said the word sx
when i'm trying to count up to sevn
by eating of bread that's unleavn
but methinks he be vexd
when i said the word sx
when i'm trying to count up to sevn
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