What are the characteristics of Milton's works in the history of English literature, which is second only to Shakespeare?

Milton (1608-1674) is a great poet in the history of English literature. He is rich in artistic imagination and can write simple character stories into ten thousand long poems. His description of hell and the world is magnificent, and Satan and other characters in his works have unique personalities and fantastic images. His long poems not only inherited the tradition of ancient tragic epics, but also combined the form of Christian literature, and at the same time were his great creation divorced from reality.