Introduction to "Paradise Lost"

(A) ANALYSIS OF BOOK-ILines 1-26: An invocation of the Heavenly Muse and the holy Spirit to aid him in this, his great work of singing about man's disobedience, and the consequent loss of Paradise.
Lines 28-83: The prime cause of man's fall, the temptation of Satan in the form of a serpent. Satan, revolting against God, and drawing to his side many legions of angels, was defeated and driven out