Essays on Lycidas

An elegy is a poem of lament, usually formal and sustained, over the death of a particular person; also, a meditative poem in plaintive or sorrowful mood. Through an elegy, authors are able to convey their deepest remorse and grief through the eloquent use of…

The Romantic era of literature can be defined in a variety of ways, sometimes cited as a time where individualism and human importance were at their peak, other times a period where science was condemned and the arts were promoted. However, the most everlasting theme…

In the Classical Republicanism of John Milton, P.A. Rahe contests that it is “impossible to categorise Milton” (Rahe, 82). Indeed, this view is seen to be well supported by Milton’s vast use of variety of space and narrative within his Poems of 1645: He is…

The speaker of Milton’s “Lycidas” has been the subject of much debate–debate concerning his identity, his principal topic, and his attitude toward that topic. Thus far, the critical conversation has been uninformed by current linguistic theory, which has the potential to further complicate a poem…