Epical Qualities in John Milton’s Paradise Lost

There is no doubt in denying the fact that John Milton occupies a prominent and towering place among the poets who elevated and uplifted poetry to epical scales. Paradise Lost, by John Miltonis, no doubt, and excellent and superb example of epic poetry in which the poet has employed all the epic qualities in the tradition of classical poets, Homer and Virgil. Without any shadow of doubt, epic is generally hailed as the highest kind of poetry. The invocation of muses in the beginning of the epic seems to be the most vital requirement of an epic which is used by the poet. Moreover, the theme of the poem, ‘Fall of Man’ is also magnanimously grand taken from The Bible. The use of epic similes coupled with classical allusions as well as the names of various place and battles also lift the poem to the level of epical scales. Last, but not the least, the epic conventions used by the poet raises the epic to an elevated style that is known as Grand Style.