[Milton-L] L'Allegro and Il Penseroso

[Schwartz, Louis]

An even more important question, from my perspective, would be why you assume he'd take sides at all.  What, if anything, in the poems suggests that the debate is in any sense clearly decidable?

Louis

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Louis Schwartz
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University of Richmond
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From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu [mailto:milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu] On Behalf Of James Rovira
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More important than the answer is how you come to it.  Why do you
think Milton would be on the side of Il Penseroso?  Can you list the
reasons?

Jim R

2009/3/24  <gamefreak727 at gmail.com>:
> Hey, i am just a high school student writing about John Milton's poem's
> "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso." My prompt i made for my senior project was,
> If the two poems above were considered a debate, an argument, or two sides
> of an issue or debate, or two people, which side or person would Milton most
> prefer or like? My answer was "Il Penseroso." Would any of you agree with
> me?
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