You can think of it as this reaction to the problem of lateness that accounts for one of the invocation's most distinctive features, and that's the repetition of the word "first."

你们可以把弥尔顿在这首诗中对“晚“的回应,当做这首诗最明显的特征之一，这表现在他反复使用“初/先“一词上“

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A pastoral, of course, features shepherds and shepherdesses as its most distinguishing characteristic.

田园诗理所当然是以描写牧羊生活,作为它最突出的特点。

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At this point we know only the most general features of what a polis is.

到目前为止我们仅知道,城邦最广泛的特色。

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