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... lost in a gar- den , falling " Pur3 gresse to grounde " ( 10 ) . With its brilliance “ so clad in clot " [ so clad in clay ] ( 22 ) , the pearl is described as a seed that will not be lost in vain ( 34 ) . At first the narrator's only ...
... lost in a gar- den , falling " Pur3 gresse to grounde " ( 10 ) . With its brilliance “ so clad in clot " [ so clad in clay ] ( 22 ) , the pearl is described as a seed that will not be lost in vain ( 34 ) . At first the narrator's only ...
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... lost Eden , we lost both innocence and immortality . The poem's use of " spot " as both " flaw " and " place " elaborates the image of our violated earthly sphere : before man was banished from it , Eden was his whole world ; endless ...
... lost Eden , we lost both innocence and immortality . The poem's use of " spot " as both " flaw " and " place " elaborates the image of our violated earthly sphere : before man was banished from it , Eden was his whole world ; endless ...
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... Lost and Paradise Re- gained : " At the ideational crisis of Paradise Lost time becomes space ; at the idea- tional crisis of Paradise Regained space becomes time . " The Metaphoric Structure of " Paradise Lost ” ( Baltimore , 1962 ) ...
... Lost and Paradise Re- gained : " At the ideational crisis of Paradise Lost time becomes space ; at the idea- tional crisis of Paradise Regained space becomes time . " The Metaphoric Structure of " Paradise Lost ” ( Baltimore , 1962 ) ...
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