Sonnet 19 - (On His Blindness) When I Consider How My Light Is Spent by John Milton - Poem Analysis
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They include the future and fear about the future, God/religion, and writing/one’s career. Midway through the poem, there’s a shift that focuses on religion and the realization that God doesn’t need Milton to write to serve him. Milton will serve him when he bears “his mild yoke.” He knows he’s goin