Everyone agrees that what Milton is doing in the similes is educating the reader, the reader of this poem.

大家都同意弥尔顿想要通过这些直白的明喻,来教育这首诗的读者。

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It's a misnomer, but the historical transmutation of Milton's title we have to take as instructive.

这是一个误称，但弥尔顿作品标题的历史变化,对于我们来说是有教育性的。

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