Too well I see and rue the dire event
That with sad overthrow and foul defeat
Hath lost us Heaven, and all this mighty host
In horrible destruction laid thus low
As far as gods and heavenly essences
Can perish: for the mind and spirit

Too well I see and rue the dire event
That with sad overthrow and foul defeat
Hath lost us Heaven, and all this mighty host
In horrible destruction laid thus low
As far as gods and heavenly essences
Can perish: for the mind and spirit remains
Invincible, and vigor soon returns,
Though all our glory extinct, and happy state
Here swallowed up in endless misery.
Questions:
A. What is the title of the poem from which the stanza is taken? Who is the author?
B. What does "the dire event"refer to in the first line?
C. What is the theme of this poem?

A. Paradise Lost. Milton.
B. The loss of Heaven.
C. The theme is the "Fall of Man." i.e. Man's disobedience and the loss of Paradise, with its prime cause --Satan