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Casey Dahle
ENGL 305
Professor Smith
March 1, 2010
In Book Three, lines 167-216, of Paradise Lost, God speaks to the Son about their closeness and his ideas for dealing with Man after the Fall He has premeditated upon Satan’s entrance to Paradise. He decides that He will allow Man to be saved through repentance of their sinful state, but also that they must die unless someone in Heaven wants to become mortal to save them.
God, as the speaker here, maintains his straightforward manner and this is also marked by generally regular iambic pentameter. Out of the 49 lines in this speech, 31 are arguably consistent iambic pentameter. When God says, “…To pray, repent, and bring obedience due. / To prayer, repentance, and obedience due, / though but endeavored with sincere intent, / Mine ear shall not be slow, mine eyes not shut,” God lists the requirements for salvation with regular iambic pentameter and repeats them (lines 190-193). This represents how strictly God is enforcing his requirements and the next line, with a spondee found in “sincere,” further emphasizes the importance of true repentance. Finally, God closes with a kind of promise and returns to iambic pentameter, suggesting that He is equally sincere in saving those who truly want and deserve to be saved. Everything God says here is direct, such as when he mentions he has chosen some to be “Elect above the rest” and his reasoning is: “so is my will” (line 184). Even when He is saying something that may not seem fair, He, unlike Satan, is not deceitful but instead upfront about his intentions.
First two paragraphs: OH YEAH.
ENGL 305
Professor Smith
March 1, 2010
In Book Three, lines 167-216, of Paradise Lost, God speaks to the Son about their closeness and his ideas for dealing with Man after the Fall He has premeditated upon Satan’s entrance to Paradise. He decides that He will allow Man to be saved through repentance of their sinful state, but also that they must die unless someone in Heaven wants to become mortal to save them.
God, as the speaker here, maintains his straightforward manner and this is also marked by generally regular iambic pentameter. Out of the 49 lines in this speech, 31 are arguably consistent iambic pentameter. When God says, “…To pray, repent, and bring obedience due. / To prayer, repentance, and obedience due, / though but endeavored with sincere intent, / Mine ear shall not be slow, mine eyes not shut,” God lists the requirements for salvation with regular iambic pentameter and repeats them (lines 190-193). This represents how strictly God is enforcing his requirements and the next line, with a spondee found in “sincere,” further emphasizes the importance of true repentance. Finally, God closes with a kind of promise and returns to iambic pentameter, suggesting that He is equally sincere in saving those who truly want and deserve to be saved. Everything God says here is direct, such as when he mentions he has chosen some to be “Elect above the rest” and his reasoning is: “so is my will” (line 184). Even when He is saying something that may not seem fair, He, unlike Satan, is not deceitful but instead upfront about his intentions.
First two paragraphs: OH YEAH.