Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1617 short lesson, about 20 seconds
An Invocation, on the Greek Pattern
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The idea
Unit sixteen named the convention: an epic opens by calling a muse to sing through the poet. Milton follows it exactly and then redirects it, invoking not a Greek muse but the spirit that inspired the shepherd who taught the chosen seed.
In practice
The convention, then a redirection.
Where people slip
A Greek form, a scriptural muse.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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