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Sonnet I Love to see the summer? John Clare 1793-1864 John Clare John Clare (1793-1864) was a farm labourer from Northamptonshire He taught himself by reading everything he could find as he had no formal education Worked as a gardener at Burghley House near Stamford, while writing poems for his first collection Clare really knew from experience what it was like to live and work in the country (unlike most poets of this time) He has a positive view of nature, but does not idealise it, because he knows the reality of the labourers toil This Sonnet was written in 1841, but gives no hint madness he suffered. Clare perhaps wrote it as a release from his everyday troubles. The Poem Themes Natural beauty Rebirth and new beginnings Light Simple pleasures/Joy Key terms Metaphor Simile Anthropomorphism Iambic pentameter Rhythm Metre Sonnet form Non-standard English Comparisons Writing about the poems What might you want to say about the view of summer in this poem? Briefly note down some points that you would want to include in your essay. F/H Slide three links to video reading on BBC Bitesize I love to see the summer beaming forth And white wool sack clouds sailing to the north I love to see the wild flowers come again And Mare blobs stain with gold the meadow drain And water lillies whiten on the floods Where reed clumps rustle like a wind shook wood Where from her hiding place the Moor Hen pushes And seeks her flag nest floating in bull rushes I like the willow leaning half way oer The clear deep lake to stand upon its shore I love the hay grass when the flower head swings To summer winds and insects happy wings That sport about the meadow the bright day And see bright beetles in the clear lake play Sonnet I Love to see the summer? March marigolds Ditch or drain to allow water to clear away from fields familiar to Clare due to his work Nest of wild leaves Simple, colloquial (slang) language reflecting the nature of the pleasure Clare is engaged in I love to s