An ode for him
Beginning with the title "An Ode for Him" the reader will recognize that it is a lyrical poem with a serious tone. The speaker who is speaking the serious tone is one who most readers wouldn't expect to deliver a serious tone, author Robert Herrick. The reasoning for a lack of a serious tone from Herrick is because he was known to be a whimsical, highly polished writer who was extremely artificial, making it difficult for one to decipher if the poem is serious or erratic. The poem however sticks on the theme of showing the impact Ben Jonson had on the life and works of Robert Herrick. Although the poem is written in lyric to make it easy on the ear, it still caries a serious reflective tone on what Jonson's influence on H
One might also notice how it does not state Mr. The poem then continues with Herrick referring to the lyrical feast which symbolize the gatherings that Herrick, as a disciple of Ben Jonson had, along with other members of "The Tribe of Ben" at the Sun, Dog, and Tun. The poem begins with "Ah Ben" as an address to Ben Jonson for whom the poem is written as a reflection of how Jonson had impacted Herrick. The poem then closes with the lines "That precious stock: the store, Of such a wit the world should have no more. " The last line uses a metaphor to show that Jonson is no longer around, but had an impact on many. Then in lines nine and ten, "and yet each verse of thine, Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine" reveals that the works were the reasoning for the gatherings, not so much for the food or for the consuming alcoholic beverages, in short the sharing of Jonson's works was the show for his followers. In the next line Herrick states that the works made them "nobly wild, not mad" showing that they read Jonson's works for the entertainment and not so much for the fact that they had to. Jonson, taking on a friendlier tone, as if Herrick and Jonson could've been friends. The second stanza then begins once again with the referral of Jonson by his first name, and proceeds with "Or come again: or send to us, the wits great overplus" Herrick stating for either Jonson to come again or that his great intellect" This line states that Herrick wishes that Jonson will come again or that someone might posses his great intellect again because he feels it was not properly conserved, and appreciated when Jonson was around, and feels it would be appreciated far more because of the followers of his works. Although the reader might think the followers might been meeting in a warm room or doghouse, we later find that the Sun, Dog, and Tun, are all famous taverns where the group would gather to read and enjoy Jonson's works.
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