A comparison of the Invocation to Book 3 of Paradise Lost and The Intimations Ode, which we complete reading.  Celestial light vs. the light of common day.  The mirror image similarities Wordsworth explores: he (now) sees only those things visible to mortal sight, in contrast to Milton.  Loss as gain and the fall from heaven in both poets.

A comparison of the Invocation to Book 3 of Paradise Lost and The Intimations Ode, which we complete reading. Celestial light vs. the light of common day. The mirror image similarities Wordsworth explores: he (now) sees only those things visible to mortal sight, in contrast to Milton. Loss as gain and the fall from heaven in both poets.

A comparison of the Invocation to Book 3 of Paradise Lost and The Intimations Ode, which we complete reading. &nbsp;Celestial light vs. the light of common day. &nbsp;The mirror image similarities Wordsworth explores: he (now) sees only those things visible to mortal&nbsp;sight, in contrast to Milton. &nbsp;Loss as gain and the fall from heaven in both poets.

Later Romantics 2: Wordsworth and Milton

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