Websites
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Here's a Ben Jonson site that plays music and contains a number of links.
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This is a short biography about the poet with links to purchase and read his works.
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Check out a discussion of Jonson that focuses on his plays.
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Dig (sorry) this info at the poet's grave's website.
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Here's Jonson's page at the Westminster Abbey website.
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Try your hand at Jonson's style. You can download fonts that will make your writing look like something written during the sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Video
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Check out the University of Delaware's men's chorus performing the poem.
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Here's a fellow wearing a hoodie and reading the poem in what looks to be a walk-in closet.
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Here's a British kid discussing the poem, with some wild visual aids.
Audio
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A young person reads the poem, but not with much enthusiasm.
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This version is a tad more…dramatic.
Images
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Here's a famous painting of Ben Jonson.
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Here's a page from a manuscript showing Jonson's handwriting.
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Check out Jonson's burial place in Westminster Abbey (it says "O rare Ben Jonson").
Articles and Interviews
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Check out this great article by famous poet Robert Pinksy. In it, he discusses the role of the speaker in "On My First Son."
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In this article, a scholar reflects on the theme of fatherhood in this poem.
Books
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See page 175 for "On My First Son."
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Here's a biography by scholar Ian Donaldson.