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"The sun was sunk" - "the horizon round"

The sunk sun represents descent. The horizon round represents night. The descriptions between the 2 clauses show Satan's movement.

Line 91: Compressed Construction

T.S Eliot disliked this

"for in the wily snake... proceeding"
"NONE would suspicious mark"

The subject 'none' is buried within clauses. The snake kills by constricting its victim. It is inferred that Satan, as a snake, will constrict/kill on Earth.

Satan: 49-191: The Father of Lies

Iambic Pentameter

S: "the more I see / Pleasures about me, so much more I feel / Torment within me"

The stressed syllables are on 'pleasures' and 'torment' creating the clarity of the juxtaposition within Satan.