Epic poem · 1667

Paradise Lost

A Poem in Twelve Books

by John Milton

Milton’s epic of the war in Heaven and the fall of man — twelve books of blank verse, from Satan’s rebellion to the expulsion from Eden.

Contents · 12 parts

• Book Iabout 810 lines
• Book IIabout 1060 lines
• Book IIIabout 740 lines
• Book IVabout 1020 lines
• Book Vabout 910 lines
• Book VIabout 910 lines
• Book VIIabout 650 lines
• Book VIIIabout 660 lines
• Book IXabout 1200 lines
• Book Xabout 1110 lines
• Book XIabout 910 lines
• Book XIIabout 660 lines

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