Pre 1914 poetry key notes and ideas 4.0 / 5 based on 3 ratings ? English LiteratureGCSEAll boards Created by: Charlotte WilliamsCreated on: 22-05-11 19:33 On my first sonne by Ben Jonson What happens lines 1-4 :- father saying goodbye to is 7yr old son that has died. lines 5-8 :- he say that he envies his son becuse in hevean you dont have to deal with the horrible truth about life. lines 9-12 :- he say that his son thing he ever created. he decides never to love again because losing love hurts too much Key quotes "farewell" the father is directly addressing his son "child of my right hand, and joy" he loved his son so much, he was the one person he trusted "sinne" of the father wishing the son would live for a long time "lov'd boy" it is almost saying that the love killed him "lent" that God gave him such a good thing he only let him borrow him for seven years "loose all father" he wants to die too "scap'd worlds, and flesh rage, ..... yet aged?" he says there is an advantage to being dead because you don't suffer pain or growing old "soft peace" through the pain he shows he still loves his dead son "Ben. Jonson his piece of pooetrie" he best creation. also the full stop in the middle can imply the he is force in tears. "As what he loves may never like too much" he will never love as much agian because it causes too much pain. Feelings Gref of losing he son and thinking it his fault but he could not do anything Uncertainty - is it better to be dead or alive Pain of loseing his son who he loved so much 1 of 2 The Man He Killed What Happens Lines 1-4:- the soilder says he could have been firends with the man he killed in war, if they had met in an inn. Lines 5-8:- but they met at battle, so they shot at each other and now the other man is dead Lines 9-12:- the only reason he killed him is because they are on diiferent sides. Lines 13-16:- he thinks that the man he killed could have been someone like him, only enlisting because they were in need of a job Lines 17-20:- he sums up. he says that war is a strange business- you kill poeple that in any other circumstances you would be friends with. Key Quotes "I shot at him as he he at me, And killed him in his place" he says it as it is a statment and the killing did not effect him (cold) "because- Because" this repetion show that he is stumberling trying to think of a reason why he killed him "you shoot a fellow down" it is almost phrased like a question asking would you kill a friend? 2 of 2
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