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    <title>Song: To Celia Group at eNotes</title>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "To Celia," the lover states in lines 9-12,

I sent thee late a rosy...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "To Celia," the lover states in lines 9-12,

I sent thee late a rosy wreath,/Not so much honoring thee/As giving it a hope that there/It could not withered be

Thus, by his own admission, he has sent the lover a wreath of roses, not "to honor" her, but for her to breathe the sweet breath of a lover upon and give it life.  When he says that the wreath cannot wither in her presence, the poet conveys the power of the lady.  Then, the last...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:12:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The universal purpose and conventional reason why a man gives his lover...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The universal purpose and conventional reason why a man gives his lover a rose or a bunch of roses is to convey to her that he is in love with her and desires her to reciprocate his love. Similarly the poet narrator Ben Jonson had been smitten by the beautiful and expressive eyes of Celia so much so that he hyperbolically asserts that he would prefer the left over wine that she has sipped to that of the heavenly nectar of Jupiter itself. So,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:17:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Ben Jonson's "To Celia," what is his motive in sending her flowers:...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Ben Jonson's "To Celia," what is his motive in sending her flowers: to honor her? Or to keep the flowers from getting withered?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This question has been previously asked and answered.  Please see the...]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:55:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does the speaker send a wreath to celia in "Song: To Celia"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why does the speaker send a wreath to celia in "Song: To Celia"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:57:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[i guess it's cavalier since ben jonson is known as the father of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i guess it's cavalier since ben jonson is known as the father of cavalier poetry, and his followers are known as 'sons of ben'.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:43:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Is this poem is a cavalier of metaphyical poem?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Is this poem is a cavalier of metaphyical poem?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:43:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. 
Jove's...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine. 
Jove's nectar makes one immortal. But Jonson's speaker would rather have Celia's nectar to ensure immortality.
I sent thee, late, a rosy wreath, Not so much honouring thee, As giving it a hope, that there It could not withered be. 
Celia's beauty is so amazing, Jonson's speaker argues, that it can give immortality. So he sends her a wreath of roses, not so much to honour her, but...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:14:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The "rosy wreath" is a bouquet of roses that the speaker has sent to the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The "rosy wreath" is a bouquet of roses that the speaker has sent to the lady, Celia. The eNotes study guide has a very good interpretation of these flowers:

Jonson uses the rosy wreath, however, in an unconventional way. The speaker admits that his primary motive for sending it was not to honor her beauty, as any lover would with red roses, but for another purpose, which reflects her more intense charms. He does not discount her beauty,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:24:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the significance of the rosy wreath in the poem "Song: To Celia"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is the significance of the rosy wreath in the poem "Song: To Celia"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:29:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's written in alternating lines of tetrameter and trimeter (that is, a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's written in alternating lines of tetrameter and trimeter (that is, a line with four stresses, and a line with three stresses). I've put the scansion below (x is a strong stress, and - is a weak stress).

Drink to me only with thine eyes,   -     x   -   x  -   x      -       xAnd I will pledge with mine:   -   x  -       x      -       x

And rhyme wise, you analyse rhyme assigning the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 09:02:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does Jonson's "To Celia" have regular rhyme or metre?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does Jonson's "To Celia" have regular rhyme or metre?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 9 Feb 2009 08:35:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[He sent her a "rosy wreath."

She sent it back.

He doesn't say directly...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[He sent her a "rosy wreath."

She sent it back.

He doesn't say directly how it makes him feel. He says that he smells it now, because it smells like her, and not like roses, so he claims that he's not disappointed, and that it actually worked out okay, because he has a special reminder of her.

I think he feels disappointed and is covering up, but I'm reasoning from what I'd feel, not from what he says explicitly.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:17:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the speaker give to Celia and what does she do with the gift?...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does the speaker give to Celia and what does she do with the gift?  How did that make the speaker feel?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:06:04 PST</pubDate>
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