AUTUMN BY JOHN CLARE class 9 ( Summary & Questions Answer )
AUTUMN AUTHOR AUTHOR John Clare, (born July 13, 1793, Helpston, near Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England— died May 20, 1864, Northampton, Northamptonshire), was an English poet, belonging to the Romantic school, known for his vivid and lyrical descriptions of the rural English countryside. He is often referred to as a ‘peasant poet’ as he was a poor agricultural farm worker forced to live a life of obscurity, devoid of any joys of recognition. His poems were primarily about the beauty of nature, rural life, and suffering. Clare was the son of a labourer and began work on local farms at the age of seven. Though he had limited access to books, his poetic gift, which revealed itself early, was nourished by his parents’ store of folk ballads. Clare was an energetic autodidact, and his first verses were much influenced by the Scottish poet James Thomson. In 1820 his first book, Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, was published and created a stir. Clare visited Londo...