Milton’s Style: Its Grandeur and Loftiness

Abundance of Allusions and References: DifficultyThe first characteristic of Milton’s poetry that meets the eye, is its extremely difficult nature, and this difficulty largely lies in his style. An appreciation of Milton, said Mark Pattison, “is the last reward of consummate scholarship”. He is a poet not for the masses, but for the learned few. A whole treasury of allusions and references to