Tuesday, December 31, 2002

An Ode For Ben Jonson Comments

Rating: ★3.1

Ah Ben!
Say how or when
Shall we, thy guests,
Meet at those lyric feasts,
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Robert Herrick
husband lyric ode
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Ned Coates 04 April 2013

What a wonderful first stanza. i would rate it a ten, with wild, not mad being brilliantly perfect. The second stanza doesn't get beyond the convention in a way that Herrick often does with his word choice. But still a wonderful poem.

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Robert Herrick

Robert Herrick

London / England
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick
London / England
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