Ben Jonsons On My First Sonne Essay -- Poem Ben Jonson First Sonne Es

Ben Jonsons On My First SonneBen Jonson writes On My First Sonne from a fathers point of viewgrieving over the remnant of his very young son. The title alonesuggests which time period this poem is from i.e. it is from the 17thcentury (1603)- when the poets son Benjamin died- through the use oflanguage of the time. This poem has been written in memory of a sevenyear old child whose end has dealt a great blow to a father.Throughout the poem, the use of religious comparisons and wordscreates a vivid picture of the thoughts running in the mind of BenJonson and we agnise almost exactly what he feels.The inter-relation of father and son in this piece of poetry leads usback to the beginning of the poem. The son, sitting on the right excreteof his father, would remind a Christian reader of the Creed, in whichthe Son sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty Fromthence he shall scratch to judge the quick and the dead. What otherswould interpret from the line-Farewell, thou chi ld of my right hand,and joy is that a father is bidding farewell to his most loved oneand his heir. once again in line 2, when the poet says My sinne was too much hope ofthee, lovd boy, the poem suggests that Ben had taken his son muchfor granted as if presently he possessed him and so loved him too much. Itis ironical as he is comparing the love towards his son as a sin. Asmentioned, he now considered that, love, his sin which has a deepmeaning from a religious point of view. A sin, in the eye of GOD is abad deed exclusively in this case means a mistake or an error. The languageused, hence in relation with religion, exclaims Ben Jonsons sorrowand love for the child condescension the fact that he is in a way happy... ...es of the poem.Contrastingly, in Refugee Mother and Child, the mother still showedher love and affection towards the child in the farthermost few days. Shecannot let go as easily. Most mothers would in this situation havelost hope and would have ceased / to care but not her. She would foment this sorrow till the end.Both poems hence clearly depict the true feelings about the death of achild. We get the perspective from two points of view in either casei.e. from a mothers and a fathers point of view and the feelingbefore and after the death of a child. The language used is veryspecific and has been used in the most appropriate contexts. Sorrowand remorse are the main themes of both poems along with death of achild, yet there is another shadow of a theme i.e. the sin of lovingthe child so much which causes almost endless heartbreak in the end.