Milton's "On His Blindness" is a
AEpic Poem
BAutobiographical Sonnet
CNarrative Ballad
DBlank Verse
Answer:
B. Autobiographical Sonnet
Read Explanation:
"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.