
Ep 31 - Milton's Paradise Lost (Book I)
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Great Poetry Is Like Wine Tasting or Single Malt Whiskey Tasting
Great Poetry is like wine tasting or single malt whiskey tasting, you don't just gulp it back, you swish it about your mouth, you relish it. You try to discern the different notes and hints and nuances and that's the pleasure that we derive from Great Poetry. Milton says that he's going to touch upon the prime cause of his fall, the serpent or rather Satan in the serpent,. Are you all familiar with the story, the genesis, the creation myth, a myth that runs through many religious traditions, many cultures? I was raised Roman Catholic, I was raised in a Roman Catholic school, I went to Sunday school and church and so I know this story
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