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*Lycidas*, written by John Milton in 1637, is a quintessential example of a pastoral elegy, a poetic form that laments the death of someone, often in an idealized rural or natural setting. This poem mourns the untimely death of Milton’s Cambridge contemporary, Edward King, who drowned in a shipwreck. Through the conventions of pastoral tradition, Milton constructs an elaborate lament while addressing personal, religious, and political themes. The poem opens with the conventional elements of pastoral elegy: shepherds, rural landscapes, and natural imagery. Milton assumes the _________ ________ ___ ________ ___ ________ _______ ___ ___ _________ ________ ______.
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