Paradise Lost

Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
	Title page of the first edition (1667)
Country	England
Language	English
Genre(s)	Epic poetry; Christian mythology;
Form	Epic in blank verse
Meter	Iambic pentameter
Publisher	Samuel Simmons (1667 edition)
Publication date	1667
Followed by	Paradise Regained
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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout.^[1]^[2] It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of all time.^[3] The poem concerns the biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

^ Milton 1674.
^ "Paradise Lost: Introduction". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
^ "John Milton". Poetry Foundation. 19 April 2018.

[FOOTNOTEMilton1674-1] Milton 1674.

[2] "Paradise Lost: Introduction". Dartmouth College. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2010.

[John_Milton-3] "John Milton". Poetry Foundation. 19 April 2018.

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