We can anatomize some of the forms of power that have been most commonly attributed to this greatest English poet.

我们可以剖析一下这种种,大家通常认为这伟大的英国诗人所具有的力量。

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It would be utterly inadequate for us to account for this institutional and surreal institutional power that Milton holds over us by stating blandly that Milton is the greatest English poet.

要解释弥尔顿为什么能对我们施加,这样硬性的甚至荒诞的控制,仅仅说弥尔顿是最伟大的英国诗人是远远不足的。

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