Jaison Chacko

Of John Milton, poet of renown,
We speak today in iambic sound.
His life and works we’ll now expound,
In twelve stanzas, verse profound.

Born in London town in sixteen eight,
Milton’s fate was sure and great.
His father’s wealth was truly rare,
But poetry was his son’s affair.

A brilliant mind from an early age,
Young Milton loved the printed page.
A thirst for knowledge did engage,
And literature became his sage.

The English Civil War he lived to see,
His views on freedom were strong and free.
A staunch republican he came to be,
With strong convictions for all to see.

His greatest work, “Paradise Lost”,
In blank verse with power embossed.
Satan’s fall and Adam’s cost,
Themes that still astound the most.

The Tree of Knowledge, sin and strife,
Temptation and the apple’s life.
In epic verse, Milton did contrive,
A tale of love, and loss, and strife.

His other works were grand and bright,
“Paradise Regained” and “Samson Agonistes” light.
A legacy of poetic might,
Still read today, with sheer delight.

A man of faith, with views his own,
Against conformity he did bemoan.
He valued reason and education,
And the pursuit of truth, without hesitation.

Milton’s vision for society,
A place for all, with diversity.
A rejection of orthodoxy,
And a call for free expression, with impunity.

In conclusion, John Milton’s life,
And works, and views, inspire us with strife.
To seek the truth and embrace our light,
And to live our lives, with poetic might

“His blindness came in later years,
But Milton’s vision still was clear.
He dictated to his daughters dear,
His words immortal, with no fear.

In death, his legacy lived on,
The mark he left, still yet strong.
His name still echoes in song,
A poet of brilliance, forever long.