Elements of Sublimity in "Paradise Lost" Book-I

IntroductionSublimity is the only word that can truly characterise Milton's poetry. The constitutional sublimity of Paradise Lost is the grandest feature of the poem. Here Immensity communes with Infinity. It overwhelms us by the vastness of its conception. It transcends our imagination and experience. The subject-matter of this superhuman drama is the fate of man. The time is Eternity, the space