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Contrasting the pastoral poems: l'allegro & il penseroso by
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l'allegro "the happy man" vs. il pensoroso "the melancholy man"
in l'allegro milton follows the classical hymn model when the narrator invokes mirth/euphrosyne and her divine parentage. The narrator describes how mirth is connected to pastoral environments. at the conclusion of the poem, the narrator requests from mirth to be immersed in the poetry and the pleasures that mirth is able to produce. The final stanza of the poem is a response to questions found within Elizabethan poetry, including Christopher Marlowe's "Come live with me and be my love."
barbara lewalski: "l'allegro along with il penseroso, explore and contrast in generic terms the ideal pleasures appropriate to contrasting lifestyles, that a poet might choose, or might choose at different times, or in sequence." in particular l'allegro celebrates grace euphrosone through the traditional theocritan pastoral model. the poem is playful and set within a pastoral scene that allows the main character to connect with the folk stories and fairy tales in addition to various comedic plays and performances. there is a sort of progression from the pleasures found in l'allegro with the pleasres found within il penseroso. besides being set within a traditional form, there is no poetic antecedent for milton's pairing.
Contrasting the pastoral poems: "l'allegro" & "il penseroso" by john milton. tom andrew mcgowan
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