An Analysis of Miltons On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Thre

An Analysis of Miltons On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Three   John Milton is one of the most famous poets of the face language. Even though his craps are not many, he is considered the greatest writer in English literature. In John Milton s works we can see the problems of the English society and his own too. Such a poem is On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Three because it shows the concerns that Milton had about his career when he was unripe and still hadnt elect his own way in life. In this famous work of his we dont see a celebration of a birthday but a problem that the young gentleman faces as time passes by. The author uses many metaphors and symbols in order to give a more vivid image of his problem, and at the end he gives a solution to this problem.   The structure of On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Three is typical for John Milton. This is a fourteen-line lyric poem also called Italian sonnet. T is called Italian bec ause it was invented in Italy in the thirteenth century and later English writers began using it. The Italian sonnet consists of an eighter-line octave and a six-line sestet. In the first eight lines the author introduces a problem and in the sestet he gives a solution to the problem. The poem has a rhyme scheme typical for the Italian sonnet. The octave has a rhyme  ABBAABBA and the sestets rhyme scheme is CDECDE. On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Three is a poem whose lines are all with ten syllables and with five beatniks per line. In this poem John Milton has not used techniques such as parallelism, assonance, and alliteration but even despite of this fact this is considered a great work of his.   ... ...thor his fate is in the hands of God, and it is Him that chooses the way Milton has to follow. The author has no other choice except to become a poet. He must not nettle about the other poets who till now deem produced many works, and the only thing he has to do is to follow God.   In the poem On His Having Arrived At the Age of Twenty-Three John Milton introduces a problem and gives a solution to this same problem. In fact, this problem is relevant even today, when young people have to decide on a career. Also as time goes by people ask them more often what they have done in their life. The nonliteral language that the author uses contributes a lot for the building of the image of the problem in the poem. The metaphors and the symbol of time make the poem a really sober piece of literature, which discuses problems that we have even today.