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Scalar Milton

Evan Thomas, Milton Group8, Milton Group7, Milton Group6, Milton Group5, Milton Group4, Milton Group3, Milton Group2, Milton Group1, Milton Group9, Authors

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Earth's Changing

Milton makes it very clear that the Earth we are first introduced to is very different now. The diction of "snuff'd" is evidence that there is a particular stench that is coming off earth and making it seem rotten; that it is no longer pure.
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