English & Literature Who is Ben Jonson from Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse and what is their importance? Asked by bookragstutor 13 years ago 10/25/2012 12:59 PM Last updated by anonymous 12 years ago 3/12/2013 3:01 PM
Ben Jonson was a writer contemporary with Shakespeare. Hollander uses a poem by Jonson, "A Fit of Rime against Rime" to illustrate the belief among some writers of the era that rhyme was artificial and should be excluded from English verse.