This week’s famous poet
is John Milton. Last week’s famous
poet was Christina Rossetti.
John Milton is a famous
poet. He wrote over twenty poems. He was born in London, England. His parents’
names are John Milton and Sarah Jeffrey. He had two siblings.
Continue reading to find
out more about John Milton.
Here is a list of some
poems by John Milton:
- The Passion
- A Mask
- On Shakespeare
- On Time
- Song on May Morning
- Psalm 136
- Psalm Translations
- Paradise Lost
- At a Solemn Musick
Do you like poetry?
Quick facts about John
Milton:
1. He was born December 9, 1608, in London,
England.
2. John Milton was 65 years old when he died.
He passed away on November 8, 1674, in London, England. He is buried at St
Giles-without-Cripplegate in the City of London. He died from either tuberculosis
or gout.
3. The following is one of John Milton’s poems:
On Shakespeare
What needs my
Shakespeare, for his honoured bones,
The labour of an age in
piled stones?
Or that his hallowed
relics should be hid
Under a star-ypointing
pyramid?
Dear son of Memory,
great heir of Fame,
What need'st thou such
weak witness of thy name?
Thou, in our wonder and
astonishment,
Hast built thyself a
livelong monument.
For whilst, to the shame
of slow-endeavouring art,
Thy easy numbers flow,
and that each heart
Hath, from the leaves of
thy unvalued book,
Those Delphic lines with
deep impression took;
Then thou, our fancy of
itself bereaving,
Dost make us marble,
with too much conceiving,
And, so sepulchred, in
such pomp dost lie,
That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
(You
can print out a worksheet on this poem. You will fill in the missing words in
the poem)
4.
5. John Milton was educated at home by a tutor
named Thomas Young. He also attended St Paul's School in London for a while
where he learned Greek and Latin. He then went on to college. He graduated from
the University of Cambridge in 1629.
6. Here is a list of John
Milton’s siblings:
- Anne Milton (1604)
- Christopher Milton (1615)
7. John Milton was married three times. Here
is a list of his wives names:
- Mary Powell (1st wife)
- Katherine Woodcock (2nd)
- Elizabeth Minshull (3rd)
8. He had five children altogether, four of the
children he had with his first wife Mary Powell. He had one child with his
second wife Katherine Woodcock. Here is a list of his five children:
- Anne
- Mary
- John
- Deborah
- Katherine
9. By the time John Milton was forty-three years old he was completely blind in both eyes. He wrote his book/poem called Paradise Lost when he became blind. Paradise lost is twelve books and over 10500 lines long.
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Books
by John Milton and others:
1. John Milton: A
Biography by Neil Forsyth
2. Milton's Paradise
Lost by John Milton
3. The Complete Poems Of
John Milton by John Milton
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“What reinforcement we
may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair.”—John Milton
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