The Man
This man killed Gabriel Spencer in a duel in the Fields at Shoreditch and did not get the death penalty because he could read Latin
Who is Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson worked in the court of this Stuart Monarch and was put in jail for mocking his Scottish accent
Who is James I
This poem addresses Jonson's collection, Epigrams
What is "To My Book"
This Venetian nobleman is served by the "parasite" Mosca
Who is Volpone
"On My First Son" is this type of poem that mourns a loss
What is an elegy
This was the religion that Ben Jonson converted to and converted back from later in life
What is Catholicism
Ben Jonson served as a spy for the Privy Council after this 1605 event
What is the Gunpowder Plot
Ben Jonson wrote this poem in disgust after one of his plays, The New Inn, failed
What is "Ode to Himself"
This theme is the most common in all of his plays
What is greed
In sonnets like "To My Book," Jonson often uses this poetic meter
What is an iambic pentameter
Due to financial issues, Ben Jonson was forced to stop his education and take up this profession with his stepfather
What is bricklaying
Ben Jonson was influenced by this poet and friend who wrote Holy Sonnets
Who is John Donne
This poem declares "Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry"
What is "On My First Son"
This entity is described as "The dumb God, that giv'st all men tongues; That canst do nought, and yet mak'st men do all things; The price of souls; even hell, with thee to boot, Is made worth heaven. Thou art virtue, fame, Honour, and all things else."
What is riches
These pairs of lines in poems have the last word of each sentence rhyme
What are couplets
Ben Jonson used this term to refer to his published collection even though before it had only been used by Kings to describe their writings
What is Works
Jonson wrote a poem “To the Memory of My Beloved, The Author” this friend of his “and What He Hath Left Us”
Who is William Shakespeare
In one of his poems, Jonson says this thing should bold, licentious, and full of gall
What is his book
Jonson's plays The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair belong to this genre which makes fun of eccentricities and passions of character which refers to ancient medical theories
What is comedy of humors
"To My Book" uses this device in which an inanimate object is addressed
What is apostrophe
Jonson was supposedly so “oppressed with fantasy” that he saw “Tatars and Turks, Romans and Carthaginians fight in his imagination” while staring at this
What is his great toe
This cavalier poet who wrote carpe diem poems was a member of the "Suns of Ben" which of group of writers that admired Ben Jonson
Robert Herrick
Jonson wrote this poem praising the country estate of his patron, Robert Sidney, and his ideal social order
What is "To Penhurst"
Ben Jonson was imprisoned in 1597 for collaborating with Thomas Nashe on this scandalous, now lost play
What is The Isle of Dogs
This is the form of "The Argument" from Volpone
What is acrostic