His ponderous shield
- DMI number:
- 32039
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Fowler ed. Paradise Lost (Harlow: Longman, 1998).
- First Line:
- His ponderous shield
- Last Line:
- Over the burning marl
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epic, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Blank verse
- Themes:
- Biblical history, Mythology, and War
- Author:
- John Milton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Paradise Lost Book 1.
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol 2] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.336-337
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
Poem Aliases
Milton. Paradise Lost. Book 1.
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