The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . In anotherof the illuminations, depicting the returnof Hells Champion Fiend after the Fall of Man, theblackness of Chaos is vividly represented as sur-rounding Hell proper, and the glare of the surgingfires within, darting upwards through the Gates ofHell, like a fire-cloud seen through the mist, illu- io8 Epic of the Fall mines, for a small space, the lowest boundaries In this, the first and introductory section of thepoem, Caedmon gives a skilful and succinct state-ment of his theme, and adds such detai
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . In anotherof the illuminations, depicting the returnof Hells Champion Fiend after the Fall of Man, theblackness of Chaos is vividly represented as sur-rounding Hell proper, and the glare of the surgingfires within, darting upwards through the Gates ofHell, like a fire-cloud seen through the mist, illu- io8 Epic of the Fall mines, for a small space, the lowest boundaries In this, the first and introductory section of thepoem, Caedmon gives a skilful and succinct state-ment of his theme, and adds such details of the set-ting of the narrative as would enable a monastic, oreven a rustic, audience to picture to the mind, in cor-rect perspective, the scenes which his imagination isabout to portray. In other words, it is a masterlyoutlining of the whole argument of the poem, end- Analysis of Ccedmons Fall of Man 109 in^ as a sub-climax with the deep-racking pain ofthe fiends in Hell. The next section, which is the true beginning; ofthe story, opens with tiie deep peace that reigned inHeaven after the expulsion of the rebel Angels ;and depicts the Deity, as resolved in mind, to re-people with a better race the Northern quarter of Hiscelestial domain, which had been left vacant by thefall of Satan and his followers. It is at this point,that the poet gives his fine description of the con-cave of Chaos, which we have already quoted ; aneternal sea of blackest N
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