Response To Milton's Diction

In the first line of the octave, it opens with the speaker immediately introducing himself as a man facing blindness projecting a sense of uncertainty on how he lived his life prior to this detrimental ailment as well as expressing fear of his perhaps endangered soul. In line 2 “Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,” Milton’s dictation “dark world and wide” illustrate a place of despair voiced by the speaker. The expression “world and wide” is alliteration which emphasizes on the devastating darkness the speaker feels about the world and the current state of his soul after losing his sight. After that couplet, the sonnet’s tone is officially set as concerned, frustrated, and desperate. His worries continue to grow that his soul will