Time, Life, and God in John Miltons Poetry Essay -- Poetry John Milto

Time, Life, and God in John Miltons PoetryJohn Miltons poems, How Soon Hath Time and When I administer How My Light Is Spent both focus on life and how the period we are given is or should be spent. Milton uses the word How in both the titles and I cant help but wonder Is there something to examine there? How by itself is a question of is it possible, and if so then what needs to be make to make it possible. It, in this case is cadence Is time possible or better yet, is it possible to stop time? If so then how will it be accomplished? What needs to happen to cause time to stop? Milton uses the speaker in this poem to explain a way of looking at time and how quickly time really does fly by. In these dickens poems the speakers refer to God as the, Taskmaster, Maker, and Patience. The importance of God in the speakers life is reflected in these two poems. The way both these poems are written it seems as if the speaker is the same person and also as if these poems were written to be read in an order as if, When I Consider How My Light Is Spent, is a continuance of the poem, How Soon Hath Time. Because of the similarities of these two poems it seems as if the speaker for each of these poems was Milton himself. In the two poems Milton explains that time is short and for him (the speaker), he wants to follow by the will of God. The speaker explains how he believes God wants him to live and even though he doesnt like time going by so quickly he has accepted it and he respects what God wants for his life. Milton uses personification and references to God in both poems to not moreover set a mood, but also to show the reader a perspective of how one man, looks at the time that has passed him by and how he believes he should live ... ...ly set a mood but also to show the reader a perspective of how one man looks at the time that has passed him by and how he believes he should live his life. The essential messages to take away from these two poems are life and time go by faster than one might ring and to live your life by whats important for you, only you know whats important for you whether it be God in your life, or something else. For these speakers, the way they lived their lives was for God and that for them seemed to be nigh imperative. Works CitedDictionary.com. Lexico Publishing Group. 18 Oct. 2005 <Dictionary.com>.Milton, John. How Soon Hath Time. Literature A Pocket Anthology. Ed. Gwynn. rude(a) York Penguin Acadenics, 2005. 489.Milton, John. When I Consider How My Light Is Spent. Literature A Pocket Anthology. Ed. Gwynn. New York Penguin Acadenics, 2005. 490.