One poem calls the goddess of this concept “Of Cerberus, and blackest Midnight born.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept, which a companion piece to that poem imagines as a “pensive nun, devout and pure / Sober, stedfast, and demure.” Robert Burton wrote a treatise on the “Anatomy” of this concept.
ANSWER: melancholy
[10h] The Anatomy of Melancholy was likely an inspiration for this poem, which invokes Melancholy as a goddess “Whose saintly visage is too bright / To hit the sense of human sight.” This poem is often paired with one that invokes Mirth.
ANSWER: “Il Penseroso”
[10e] “Il Penseroso” and its companion piece “L’Allegro” are by this poet of “Lycidas.” Near the end of his life, this poet wrote his magnum opus, Paradise Lost.
ANSWER: John Milton
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