![]() ![]() Meanwhile God tells the angels Satan is overconfident, and they sing God's praise. ![]() Satan, seeing this, calls a meeting of demons to plot against him, confident he can fool Christ as he fooled Adam. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic". Paradise Regained is four books long and comprises 2,065 lines in contrast, Paradise Lost is twelve books long and comprises 10,565 lines. Milton composed Paradise Regained at his cottage in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire. However, this effort deals primarily with the temptation of Christ as recounted in the Gospel of Luke. Paradise Regained is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes indeed, its title, its use of blank verse, and its progression through Christian history recall the earlier work. The volume in which it appeared also contained the poet's closet drama Samson Agonistes. ![]() Paradise Regained is a poem by English poet John Milton, first published in 1671. ![]()
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