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“On My First Son” Ben Jonson Joe Simon, Adam Hurm , Austin Karcher

“On My First Son” Ben Jonson Joe Simon, Adam Hurm , Austin Karcher. June 11, 1572 August 6, 1637. Biography. “On My First Son” was composed in 1603 Dedicated to his son Benjamin who passed away in the plague Benjamin means “son of my right hand” in Hebrew

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“On My First Son” Ben Jonson Joe Simon, Adam Hurm , Austin Karcher

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  1. “On My First Son”Ben JonsonJoe Simon, Adam Hurm, Austin Karcher June 11, 1572 August 6, 1637

  2. Biography “On My First Son” was composed in 1603 Dedicated to his son Benjamin who passed away in the plague Benjamin means “son of my right hand” in Hebrew “Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy”(Ln.1)

  3. “On My First Son” Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. O, could I lose all father now! For why Will man lament the state he should envy? To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet age? Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say, "Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry." For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.

  4. Style Epitaph-inscription placed on a tomb or monument to honor the memory of a person buried there (517). Elegy-poem celebrating a person who has recently died AABBCCDDEEFF Somber tone Themes of death, love, and family

  5. Other Interesting Facts Cavalier poet Put on play Every Man In His Humor and killed actor Did not go to college Production of his first plays put him in prison

  6. Works Cited "On My First Son." McDougal Littell Literature. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2009. N. pag. Print. Leech, Clifford. "Ben Jonson (English Writer)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 30 Sept. 2014.

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