This lecture on Book VII focuses on Raphael's account of creation. It gives special attention to the music of Milton's syntax, the arrangement of words and phrases in a sentence.

References:

Donald Davie, Articulate Energy (1955)
Susanne Langer Philosophy in a New Key (1942)
Lee M. Johnson, “Milton’s Mathematical Symbol of Theodicy,” Comp. & Maths. with Appls. Vol. 12B, Nos. 3/4, pp. 617-627, 1986. (Link is too long. Google the title of the article and it should appear.)
Creaser, John. “Variously Drawn Out.” Milton and the Resources of the Line, Oxford University Press, 2022.