Question

Choose two words from each of the following poems in the lesson that you did not know or had to look up in a dictionary: “On Shakespeare,” “L’Allegro,” “Il Penseroso,” and Paradise Lost. Write a new sentence for each word using the same meaning of the word as is used in Milton’s text. Note that some words may have a different spelling in contemporary American English.

Answer 1

L’Allegro

quip is a witty remark. Rather than being savvy, I could say that his attitude was with full of quips.

wile means manipulating someone by making them believe. Her woman wiles were so destructive.

Il Penseroso

ennoble is to raise to rank of nobility. He was ennobled to that rank in a filthy way.

tourney is a medieval entertainment between the knights. He died in a tourney from the strike to his chest.

On Shakespeare

sepúlchre is a burial place. The sepulchre was named for his honor.

pomp means vain and pretentious display. British weddings are long on pomp, but some of them are short on substance.

Answer 2

1. Puissant, from paradise lost, which meant power often associated with a king or a president. An example sentence would be, The puissant Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, led the our independence from the Great Britain Empire.

2. Rout, which can be defined as an overwhelming lost, or Milton used, a disorderly group of people. An example would be, A popular meme in the in the internet was the rout of people in a library and an Asian boy saying, "Quiet, this is library".

On Shakespeare

1. sepúlchred, which is defined as entombed or buried, or as the final laying place. An example of this in a sentence would be, Cronos was sepulchred in a device that took even the power of time from him, you could say that "time was up" for the time-lord.

2. pomp, which means something that is grand, or a grand ceremony or display. This can be used in a sentence as, “All emperors and empress of China showed their grand and class even to their burial ground, their burial ceremony and mound were as pomp as the Egyptian Pharaohs.”