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

The doctrine of Milton in When I Consider how my Light is Spent and Borges in Poema de los d superstars Jorge Luis Borges espo personad a philosophy that all men are each other (Stabb 52). His writings frequents the theme by finding the repetition of events that transpire regardless of the soulfulness involved. His becoming blind coincided with his appointment as Director of the National program library of Argentina, and he understood this splendid irony of God as another(prenominal) wrinkle in the circular repetition of existence. tail Miltons formal use of the Petrarchan sonnet provides a balanced structure for him to blend his experience with the widely distributed human experience, but his effort promotes an inward, self-reflective goal of trying to find Gods authorisation when he becomes blind. While Borges universalizes his blindness in order to convey his predilection of transindividuality in Poema de los dones (Poem of the Gifts), Milton responds to the permanence o f his night by ultimately 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 amidst continuity and schism, a changing fusion of the personal and the universal, and a opinion 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 define the differences amid the soul-seeking author and the well-meaning orator. Petrarchan sonnets usually invite the poet to propose a serial publication of distinct statements from line to line. Milton deviates from the anticipated sentence divisions by merging one idea within m... ...Milton A Structural Reading. London Edward Arnold, 1974. Borges, Jorge Luis. Borges A Reader. Eds. amir 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 face 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 House 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.