To the Memory of My Beloved Themes
Admiration
Shmoop has whiled away a fair few hours riddling out some of the complexities of the relationship between Shakespeare and Jonson in this learning guide, but we don't want to make you think that adm...
Immortality
"To the Memory of My Beloved" isn't really focused on death, which is weird for an elegy. Instead, Jonson devotes a lot of time and energy to talking about how to keep an author who has died alive�...
Literature and Writing
In a poem written by a famous author, about another famous author that cites about fifteen other famous authors, you better believe that literature and writing are important. In "To the Memory of M...
Art and Culture
The debate between art and nature was huge in Shakespeare and Jonson's day. And it's easy to see why. The disparity between socioeconomic classes in the 1600s was massive, and so it was only natura...