Lewis explains how form and content are interwoven in a work of art. In this case, he shows how the epic was the appropriate vehichle to communicate Milton's vision of The Fall.
Milton apparently held heretical views concerning the deity of Christ; and 'Paradise Lost' is up for criticism in that 'the devil is the hero.'
His views on the Fall are also troubling; he seems to attribute sinfulness to intimacy. As a poem it is great work, as to some of the content, 'there is death in Milton.' But then, as Lewis says, we can't separate form and content
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