Why does Milton feel the need to describe angelic sexual intercourse in such detail, and why is Raphael embarrassed to explain? Serious answers only.

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Bear with me then, if lawful what I ask;
Love not the heav'nly Spirits, and how thir Love
Express they, by looks onely, or do they mix
Irradiance, virtual or immediate touch?
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To whom the Angel with a smile that glow'd
Celestial rosie red, Loves proper hue,
Answer'd. Let it suffice thee that thou know'st
Us happie, and without Love no happiness.
Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy'st
(And pure thou wert created) we enjoy
In eminence, and obstacle find none
Of membrane, joynt, or limb, exclusive barrs:
Easier then Air with Air, if Spirits embrace,
Total they mix, Union of Pure with Pure
Desiring; nor restrain'd conveyance need
As Flesh to mix with Flesh, or Soul with Soul.
But I can now no more; the parting Sun
Beyond the Earths green Cape and verdant Isles
Hesperean sets, my Signal to depart.
Be strong, live happie, and love, but first of all
Him whom to love is to obey, and keep
His great command; take heed lest Passion sway
Thy Judgment to do aught, which else free Will
Would not admit; thine and of all thy Sons
The weal or woe in thee is plac't; beware.
I in thy persevering shall rejoyce,
And all the Blest: stand fast; to stand or fall
Free in thine own Arbitrement it lies.
Perfet within, no outward aid require;
And all temptation to transgress repel.

From Paradise Lost, VIII.614-643

have u peeped the milton reading room hosted by dartmouth? its like rap genius but for john milton, has little annotations of all the "teehee what am i referencing now?" stuff his shit is full of

https://milton.host.dartmouth.edu/reading_room/pl/book_1/text.shtml

>>24528350 (OP)
>sexual intercourse
But it isn't sexual intercourse that the angel describes; that's just your 21rst c correlate way of attempting to understand what's presented.
But what's presented actually? A hedge. Though the language is pretty there's no 'great detail' at all.
>Let it suffice thee that