Week 4 activity

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Week 4 activity (On his blindness by John Milton) Activity… 1. What odes the light in the first line refer to? 2. What makes Milton say that the talent is lodged useless within him? 3. What does Patience in the eight represent? 4. What feeling does Milton show n the following quotations? a. “God doth not need either man’s work or his own gifts Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best.” b. “They also serve who only stand and wait.” 5. What goes on in the mind of the speaker? What does it show about the speaker? 6. What does the poem wish to convey?

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Week 4 activity (On his blindness by John Milton)

Activity…

1. What odes the light in the first line refer to?2. What makes Milton say that the talent is lodged useless within him?3. What does Patience in the eight represent?4. What feeling does Milton show n the following quotations?

a. “God doth not need either man’s work or his own giftsWho best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best.”

b. “They also serve who only stand and wait.”5. What goes on in the mind of the speaker? What does it show about the speaker?6. What does the poem wish to convey?