For other uses, see Paradise Lost (disambiguation).
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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LibriVox recording by Owen. Book One, Part 1.
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.
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