Question

write a critical appreciation on his Blindness​

Answer 1

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On His Blindness is written in the first person, therefore, it is easy to assume that the speaker is the poet himself. The poet loses his sight at an early and productive age, so he feels vulnerable to accomplish his mission of his life.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The sonnet “On His Blindness” is perhaps one of the best and most popular of Milton’s sonnets. It is indeed a pearl in the ocean of English literature. It is a great sonnet of lofty tone and noble theme. It was written in 1655. Milton had started losing his eyesight from the year 1645. After some years he lost his eyesight completely. He was about 44 years at that time, when we remember that his great words “Paradise Lost” and “Samson Agonists” has not yet been written.

Strength of mind, power of will and determination, patience; all these traits stood him in good stead when blindness slowly came over his.

What made him so sad was that the gist of poetry which had been given to him could not be used to advantage when he was suffering from blindness.