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L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas (Esprios Classics)
John Milton
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas (Esprios Classics)
John Milton
Il Penseroso (The Serious Man) is a vision of poetic melancholy by John Milton, first found in the 1645/1646 quarto of verses The Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, published by Humphrey Moseley. It was presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro, a vision of poetic mirth. The speaker of this reflective ode dispels "vain deluding Joys" from his mind in a ten-line prelude, before invoking "divinest Melancholy" to inspire his future verses. The melancholic mood is idealised by the speaker as a means by which to "attain / To something like prophetic strain," and for the central action of Il Penseroso - which, like L'Allegro, proceeds in couplets of iambic tetrameter.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 23, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9781006870484 |
Publishers | Blurb |
Pages | 46 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 3 mm · 81 g |
Language | English |
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