THE RHETORIC OF RESILENCE: A STYLISTIC STUDY OF MILTON’S ON HIS BLINDNESS

Authors

  • Farishta Zeb M.Phil. Scholar Northern University, Nowshera
  • Robaz Alam Khan BS English, City University, Peshawar

Abstract

The paper is an ambitious qualitative study of stylistic features of one of John Milton’s most popular poems, the sonnet On His Blindness (1665). As part of this study which adopts an interpretivist paradigm, the poem is analyzed based on its ‘phonological, graphological, grammatical and semantic’ patterns. Utilizing Paul Simpson’s (2004) stylistic framework, this study reveals how these features collectively convey the poem’s central theme: the act of surrender, in which one being’s will is in harmony with the will of another being regarded as divine. Hence, the following study contributes to a complex analysis of Milton’s spiritual concerns and poetic craftsmanship on a linguistic and literary level.

Keywords: stylistics analysis, On His Blindness, qualitative, interpretivist paradigm, Simpson’s

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Published

2024-12-19

How to Cite

Farishta Zeb, & Robaz Alam Khan. (2024). THE RHETORIC OF RESILENCE: A STYLISTIC STUDY OF MILTON’S ON HIS BLINDNESS. Sociology &Amp; Cultural Research Review, 2(4), 333–349. Retrieved from https://journalofcontemporarylegalstudies.online/index.php/14/article/view/47

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 4 (2024): Journal of Sociology & Cultural Research Review

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