The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (171 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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802
overexcited/intense
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803
reckon, resolve
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805
i.e., I do not plan to look for her in that spirit
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806
embraces, hides
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807
fixed, steadfast
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809
peril, danger, risk
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810
[five syllables, first, third, and fifth accented]
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812
quotidian activities
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814
of the earth
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815
blinded, clouded
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816
likes, seeks
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817
single-person solitary dwelling
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818
place of frequent resort
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820
prayer beads
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824
unacknowledged? unaccompanied?
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828
indirect, oblique
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829
travel, tread
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830
having no shelter
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831
open uncultivated ground
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832
grotto = cave, excavation
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834
bristling, frightful
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835
not disconcerted/deceived
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836
marshy, moorlike
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837
swampland, marsh
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839
dark, swarthy
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840
from underground
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842
tawny-spotted/streaked
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843
leopard, panther
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845
to frustrate, destroy
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846
absolute, sheer
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847
dressed in livery (distinctive uniform of servants)
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848
serve, wait upon
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849
unrestrained, profuse
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851
[four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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852
incorporates
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853
degrade, make bestial
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856
sacred, holy, religious
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857
unsheathe a sword
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858
i.e., swords
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859
melodies, tunes
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860
pushing, hurrying
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863
caused to be abandoned
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864
nearest, closest
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865
open expanse of upland
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866
concern, fear
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867
fanciful, incredible
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869
monsters with lion heads, goat bodies, and serpent tails
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871
poisonous, life-destroying
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872
whispered charms/spells
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874
coinage, stamp
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875
engraved, written
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876
pastures, fields
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878
domesticated
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879
[trisyllabic]
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880
most remote (farthest in)
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883
conclusion, end
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886
a sentence [trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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889
[trisyllabic, first and third accented]
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890
the underworld, Hades
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891
monsters, part woman, part bird
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892
many-headed snakes
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896
profit, advantage
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897
“as to tell us this story/narrative”
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898
tricks, stratagems
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899
value, merit
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900
strong, powerful, magically endowed
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902
herbs, medicinal plants
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903
picked, chose
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905
a fabled and fabulous plant
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906
fabulous plant given to Odysseus by the god Hermes [bisyllabic]
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907
the shepherd lad
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909
blasting influence, curse
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910
[five syllables, first, third, and fifth accented]
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911
entanglements
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912
retired, came away
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913
sweet, pleasing
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914
withdraw, vanish
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915
retreat, recoil, slip away
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916
quickly, at once
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917
stimulating, envigorating
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919
boundaries, limits
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920
grief-banishing drug
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921
wife of Thon = Polydamna
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922
terms, promises
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923
not privileged, not freed from
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924
[four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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927
looks, faces
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928
masked, disguised
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929
pompous, formal, solemn
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930
Diogenes, Cynic philosopher who lived in a tub
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935
peas, beans, lentils, etc.
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939
overburdened
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940
feathers [the line, having ten syllables,
can
be scanned as iambic pentameter—but not easily]
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941
overfreighted, overloaded
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943
boasted of, praised
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944
in general use, passing/flowing from hand to hand
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946
plain, simple, unpolished
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947
[four syllables, second and fourth accented]
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948
vile, wretched, worthless
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950
work busily at
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952
to separate, to card
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