What inspired john Milton to write poems?

Answer 1

John Keats :

Miserable background of life, self-taught severe self-discipline and desire to leave his footprints on the sands of time drove John Keats to become a learned poet within the brief time allowed to him. Not to disparage the great poet who passed away at the very young age of Twenty five, but to understand why he fiercely strained to attain a great poethood before his days were past, his brief life has to be glanced through.

His father Thomas Keats married the daughter of the proprietor of a livery stables and became it's manager. He was killed by a fall from his horse following which the grieving mother died of consumption. By the time he was Fifteen, John Keats, the younger George and Tom and their dear sister Frances Mary had become orphans. Looked after by the grand mother, John attended school where we find him fighting boys bigger than him. His life-long friend Charles Cowden Clarke, his headmaster's son, lent him a copy of Spenser's Faerie Queene and introduced him to many London literary figures including the famous Leigh Hunt who became a patron to him. It was from the inspiration and support of these sympathetic friends that John Keats published his first volume, Endymion in 1818.

Consumption took away Tom, George migrated to America, Mary taken to reside with a guardian, and John succumbed to serious diseases. His famous love with Fanny Brawne wrecked by his ill health and poverty, the tired lonely and unhappy poet turned to more seriously reading Homer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Shelley and Hazlitt and a host of others, as if he was determined to create learned and scholarly poetry before he too died. Thus followed the multitudes of great Odes, Sonnets and other major works, all happening within an unbelievable decade. He was warned of a premature death and it so happened in Italy while undergoing treatment there, helped by his dear friends. Those friends published his many works after his death and the publishing of his Love Letters To Fanny also gained him fame.

Answer 2

The fact that John Milton did not allow his blindness to stop him from writing poems and that he wrote his finest poems during his blindness makes him one of the most admirable disabled people of the world.

Answer 3

John Milton was inspired to write poems by a deep sense of religious and political conviction. His works often reflected his beliefs in personal freedom, social justice, and the power of language to inspire change. Milton's experiences as a writer, thinker, and political figure during a time of societal upheaval also influenced his decision to write poems that would endure as timeless classics.

Answer 4

He proved that great poets need not come from a wealthy background, unfortunately this was not accepted until after his death,

Answer 5

he proved that need not poets come from a wealthy background