(1608–74), English poet. His three major works, completed after he had gone blind (1652), show his mastery of blank verse: they are the epic poems Paradise Lost (1667, revised 1674) and Paradise Regained (1671), and the verse drama Samson Agonistes (1671).
Definition of Milton, John in US English:
Milton, John
proper nounˈmiltn
(1608–74), English poet. His three major works, Paradise Lost (1667; revised, 1674), Paradise Regained (1671), and Samson Agonistes (1671), which were completed after he had gone blind in 1652, show his mastery of blank verse.