Multiple choice

Which of the following works of Milton is a prose work?

  1. Lycidas

  2. Paradise Regained

  3. Paradise Lost

  4. Areopagitica
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Explanation

Areopagitica is Milton's prose work - it's a pamphlet arguing against censorship and for freedom of speech and press. The other options are all poetic works: Lycidas is a pastoral elegy, Paradise Regained is an epic poem about Christ's temptation, and Paradise Lost is Milton's epic masterpiece about the Fall of Man. Areopagitica is significant prose arguing for liberal principles.

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