L'Allegro and Il Penseroso are among Milton’s finest early poems. Companion poems were popular in the late 16th and early 17th century. I have already read L’Allegro and you can check that out and earlier videos. In this video I will read th…
L'Allegro and Il Penseroso are among Milton’s finest early poems. Companion poems were popular in the late 16th and early 17th century. I have already read L’Allegro and you can check that out and earlier videos. In this video I will read the companion, Il Penseroso. L’Allegro (which means "the happy man" in Italian) has from its first appearance been paired with the contrasting pastoral poem, Il Penseroso ("the melancholy man"), which depicts a similar day spent in contemplation and thought. Il Penseroso” simply cannot be read without “L’Allegro.” Just as in life, we cannot just choose pure action or pure contemplation. Do we join the revolution, the ruling government, and just lay back and think about events as they unfold?
Milton in life was Cromwell’s latin secretary and almost lost his head after the restauration. Likewise, we all have choice to act, join in whirlwind and counter forces that move the modern world or we can be cautious and await events…. Events may then pass us by or sweep us aside like a tornado….
Or perhaps you will be lucky like Cincinatus, and save Rome… and then retire to your farm and the pastoral life. Few of us will be so lucky.
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