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I need a complete explanation and analysis of the poem "It's Not Growing Like a Tree" by Ben Jonson.

Discuss use of disguise in Volpone.

Over what does Charis triumph in "The Triumph of Charis" by Ben Jonson? Consider lines 5-9 for your answer.

Ben Jonson wrote "An Ode to Himself" after a play was badly received.  What else does he want to convey? What are images in the poem, and what is its deeper meaning?

What is the contrast between the tones of "On My first Son" and "Song to Celia" by Ben Jonson? Thank you.

What is the tone of the second stanza in the poem "Drink to me...?"

Examine Ben Johnson as a dramatist.

Whereas Ben Jonson's “To Penhurst” creates an ideal place, T. S. Eliot's “The Waste Land” imaginatively represents the disintegration of places and ideals. How do the two poems compare?

How might Ben Jonson's "Epitaph on S. P., a Child of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel" compare with Robert Herrick's "Upon Prue, His Maid"? What are the main points the authors wish to make? What artistic strategies do they share?

Summarize Ben Jonson's poem "Song to Celia."

Why is there a distinction made between "Elizabethan Jonson" and "Jacobean Jonson" in regard to Ben Jonson?

In relation to the topographical poem "To Penshurst" (by Ben Jonson), discuss the underlying agenda.

In the poem "On My First Son" by Ben Jonson, what type of diction does he use?

In Ben Jonson's poem "On My First Son," how do various elements of the poem's structure help create sympathy both for the father and the son?    

What are the literary terms used in Ben Jonson's "On My First Son?"

What are Ben Jonson’s major works other than The Alchemist?

Was The Masque of Blackness meant to denigrate dark skin?

What does the  rhyme scheme tell us in "My Picture Left in Scotland" by Ben Jonson

How does allusion function in Ben Jonson's poem "Come, my Celia, let us prove"?

In Ben Jonson's poem beginning "Come, my Celia, let us prove," what specific phrasing ironically undercuts the speaker, making him appear far less attractive than he wants to appear?

Do you think Alchemist is an allegory?

Could you put on a production of The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson anywhere in the world today?