self-ful

Updated: February 18, 2026

Over and over again we can say here Milton speaks of himself, here he shows us his own heart, his own pain. He is one of the most self-ful of all poets. He has none of the dramatic power of Shakespeare, he cannot look through another's eyes, so he sees things only from one standpoint and that his own. He stands far apart from us, and is almost inhumanly cold.

H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall - English Literature for Boys and Girls