"On My First Son" By Ben Jonson On My First Sonwritten by Ben JonsonFarewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy;Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay,Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.Oh! could I lose all father, now! for why,Will man lament the state he should envy?To have so soon ‘scaped world’s, and flesh’s rage,And, if no other misery, yet age!Rest in soft peace, and, asked, say here doth lieBen Jonson his best piece of poetry;For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such,As what he loves may never like too much. Choose the best answer for each question. 1. The first nuance in Jonson's poem is found in this line. a. Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; b. My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy. c. Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay, d. Exacted by thy fate, on the just day. 2. Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay includes a nuance as Gray ambiguously joins _____. a. lent and pay b. me, I, and thee c. tho' and thee d. none of the above 3. A nuance is a discrepancy in meaning. Select the example of a nuance. a. To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet age? b. For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such c. Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; d. all of the above 4. "Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry," can be interpreted to mean what? a. Ben Jonson stopped writing poetry on the death of his son b. The speaker is declaring that poetry is now dead. c. The speaker is claiming that with all the success he has had in writing poetry, his son was his greatest achievement. d. The speaker will soon die because he cannot bear the loss of his son. 5. For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such, / As what he loves may never like too much. The nuance in this line could be revealed to the reader as _____. a. the speaker has vowed never to like what he loves so much that he cannot bear to lose it b. the speaker is angry that the boy did not return his love c. the speaker vows never to love anyone again d. none of the above
"On My First Son"
By Ben Jonson
On My First Son
written by Ben Jonson
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy;
Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
Oh! could I lose all father, now! for why,
Will man lament the state he should envy?
To have so soon ‘scaped world’s, and flesh’s rage,
And, if no other misery, yet age!
Rest in soft peace, and, asked, 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.
Choose the best answer for each question.
1. The first nuance in Jonson's poem is found in this line.
a. Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
b. My sin was too much hope of thee, lov'd boy.
c. Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
d. Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
2. Seven years tho' wert lent to me, and I thee pay includes a nuance as Gray ambiguously joins _____.
a. lent and pay
b. me, I, and thee
c. tho' and thee
d. none of the above
3. A nuance is a discrepancy in meaning. Select the example of a nuance.
a. To have so soon 'scap'd world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet age?
b. For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such
c. Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
d. all of the above
4. "Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry," can be interpreted to mean what?
a. Ben Jonson stopped writing poetry on the death of his son
b. The speaker is declaring that poetry is now dead.
c. The speaker is claiming that with all the success he has had in writing poetry, his son was his greatest achievement.
d. The speaker will soon die because he cannot bear the loss of his son.
5. For whose sake henceforth all his vows be such, / As what he loves may never like too much. The nuance in this line could be revealed to the reader as _____.
a. the speaker has vowed never to like what he loves so much that he cannot bear to lose it
b. the speaker is angry that the boy did not return his love
c. the speaker vows never to love anyone again
d. none of the above
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