Still to Be Neat (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Benjamin Jonson
- First Published: 1616
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Cavalier poetry
- Subjects: Family or family life, Gender roles, Marriage, Beauty, Reality, Honesty, Inheritance or succession, Fashion, Cosmetics or makeup, Clothing or dress
The Poem
“Still to Be Neat” is a song sung by the character Clerimont in one of Ben Jonson’s most successful and highly praised comedies, Epicœne: Or, The Silent Woman. Clerimont is a rowdy co-conspirator of Sir Dauphine Eugenie, a young man who is to inherit a fortune from his self-centered uncle, Morose. Morose, wishing to disinherit his nephew, marries Epicœne, a young woman whose future children, he plans, will receive his estate instead of Dauphine. At the end of the play, it transpires that Epicœne is actually a young man hired and trained by Dauphine for...
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See Also:
Ben Jonson (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Ben Jonson (Poetry)Ben Jonson (Censorship)Ben Jonson (Drama)
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