In the Person of Mankind Attempting to Depict Womanhood

Ben Jonson was by no means a minor character of the early seventeenth century. His writings ranged from plays like Sejanus and Every Man in His Humor to poems like Song: To Celia and To the Memory of My Beloved , The Author , Mr. William Shakespeare , and What He Hath Left Us. He was bold in his attempts. As a result, while many of his works are extremely popular, there are several that proved to be not so successful. Jonson\u27s attempt at speaking as a woman in his In the Person of Womankind (In Defense of their Inconstancy) is one example. Jonson fails in his use of words to embody a woman\u27s feelings