Question

When I consider how my light is spent" What does "light" refer to :

• A. Eyesight
• B. Knowledge
• C. Happiness
• D. Time

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Eyesight

• The sonnet "On His Blindness" by Milton starts with the line " When I consider how my light is spent "

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

• "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