"ON HIS BLINDNESS"---JOHN MILTON
Channel: English Literature
Date: 2020-07-21

“On His Blindness” is a sonnet. It is written in Petrarchan style. The first part of the poem is called Octave. It contains eight lines. The second part is Sestet and has six lines. Milton expresses his anguish about his loss of eye sight in the first eight lines and ponders seriously about his account of life that he has to present God. Not knowing what to do at the time he has lost his sight, he is worried about God’s reaction on the Judgement Day as he would not be in a position to reply when asked about his true account of life. He questions: “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?” In the second part, his inner voice comes to his rescue and makes him realise that God does not need any gift or sacrifice from man. Hence, he need not worry, question and doubt ways of Gods. This how he reinstates his faith in God.