# Milton — Poetry character guide

> Milton in Poetry by Thomas Gray.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0007-the-progress-of-poesy

## Who they are

Poet invoked as a literary influence in the odes.

## Relationships

### [Meek Newton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/characters/meek_newton)

_friendship_

Meek Newton and Milton share a bond of intellectual companionship, possibly as fellow poets or thinkers.

## In the story

### [Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/elegy-written-in-a-country-churchyard)

Referenced as a 'mute inglorious Milton' who might have rested among the unknown dead.

### [The Progress of Poesy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/the-progress-of-poesy)

Described as riding sublime on seraph-wings, blinded by excess of light after seeing the divine throne.

### [Ode for Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/ode-for-music)

Struck the deep-toned shell, inspiring the choral warblings.

### [Stanzas to Mr. Bentley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/stanzas-to-mr-bentley)

Cited as a paragon of divine inspiration alongside Shakespeare.

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