Ben Johnson used his creative wizardry to turn his emotions and feelings into great poetry. Moreover, Ben Johnson was also a playwright, a playwright second only to Shakespeare. Johnson penned a poem, ‘On my first Sonne’, in 1616 in response to his son’s untimely death.
‘To Penshurst’, and ‘To Celia’ are two of his celebrated poems. He avoided arguments about the use of rhyme and meter in poetry. ‘Every Man in His Humour’, ‘The Alchemist’, and ‘Bartholomew Fair’, are among his famous plays.
Johnson was born on June 11th, 1572 in London. He was influenced by William Camden, the classical scholar. Johnson used his classical learning to good effect in his poems. Johnson passed away in 1637. His influence on English poetry continues to this day.
