How long did it take Milton to write Paradise Lost?

How long did it take Milton to write Paradise Lost?Category: General English QuestionHow long did it take Milton to write Paradise Lost?
Masood asked 3 years ago
How long did it take Milton to write Paradise Lost?
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Mubeen Ahmad War answered 3 years ago
It took him only five years to write Paradise Lost.It is a remarkable tribute to his intellectual grasp, especially when we consider his blindness and his method of composition, which was to dictate about forty lines in the morning, the lines having (he claimed) come to him in his sleep by divine inspiration .