Question

On his blindness is ................

• A. A Petrarchan Sonnet
• B. A Shakespearean Sonnet
• C. A Haiku
• D. A Limerick

Answer 1

Answer:

A. A Petrarchan Sonnet

• The sonnet is composed in Petrarchan style, consisting of an octave and a sestet with a rhyme scheme abba / abba/cde/cde.

• The poem is an autobiographical son- net in which he expresses his feeling as a blind person.

• Milton's eyesight began to fade in 1644, and in 1652, when he was 44 years old, he became completely blind.