How is Mary described in Milton's poem, On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity?

Mary is described using contradictory terms that serve to highlight her ambiguous role as the human mother of god. She is at once a "Virgin" and a "mother," both "wedded" and a "maid," impossibilities in terms (3). Yet she embodies all these contradictions. Furthermore, at the very end of the poem, we are given a strikingly human image of Mary holding her infant son in her arms as he falls asleep. The poet thus closes by reminding us that the holy family is also a family just like any other.