Question

Milton's "On His Blindness" is a

• A. Epic Poem
• B. Autobiographical Sonnet
• C. Narrative Ballad
• D. Blank Verse

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Autobiographical Sonnet

• "Sonnet 19", more commonly called "when I consider how my light is spent", is a poem likely written in the mid-1950s, after Milton lost his eyesight, the poem reflects on the physical and spiritual challenges of the speaker faces as a blind person.

• He feels unable to complete the tasks that God has set for him, and worries that he is squandering his capacity to serve God.

• But, in the second half of the poem, the speaker reassures himself by arguing that God does not need human help and that there are many ways do serve him.