Statements (156)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:poet
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| gptkbp:active_years |
1809-1864
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| gptkbp:alma_mater |
Self-taught
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| gptkbp:associated_act |
gptkb:The_Clare_Society
gptkb:The_John_Clare_Festival gptkb:The_John_Clare_Trust Pastoral poetry The Romantic Movement Nature Writing Nature poetry Ecocriticism Ecological poetry |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:None
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leicester Royal Society of Literature Fellow None (during his lifetime) |
| gptkbp:birth_date |
1793-07-13
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| gptkbp:birth_place |
gptkb:Helpston,_England
gptkb:Helpston |
| gptkbp:born_in |
gptkb:Helpston,_England
1793 |
| gptkbp:burial_place |
gptkb:Helpston,_England
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| gptkbp:cause_of_death |
Mental illness
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:John_Clare_Jr.
8 Charles Clare George Clare Henry Clare Mary Clare Eliza Clare William Clare |
| gptkbp:contribution |
Nature conservation awareness
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| gptkbp:death_date |
1864-05-20
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| gptkbp:death_place |
gptkb:Northampton,_England
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| gptkbp:died_in |
1864
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| gptkbp:famous_for |
Autobiographical elements
Emotional depth Social commentary Connection to the natural world Influence on later poets Connection to nature Mental health issues nature poetry Poetic realism Critique of industrialization Nature poetry Vivid imagery Connection to the land Descriptive poetry Exploration of identity Exploration of the human condition Poetry about nature Celebration of rural life Local dialect Personal struggles in poetry Use of personal experience in poetry Autobiographical poetry Use of local flora and fauna Recognition in literary studies Legacy in British literature Poetry about rural life Poetry about the English countryside Cultural significance in England Nature and rural life themes local dialect poetry Connection to the Romantic poets |
| gptkbp:famous_quote |
" Nature is the greatest teacher."
" I am a poet, and I am a man of the people." " I love to see the flowers bloom." " I write for the love of it." " The woods are my home." |
| gptkbp:genre |
gptkb:Romanticism
Romantic poetry |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
John Clare
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Ted_Hughes
gptkb:Seamus_Heaney gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:Philip_Larkin Contemporary poets Nature writers Nature poetry Ecocriticism Ecopoets |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkb:Stephen_Spender gptkb:George_Crabbe gptkb:Derek_Walcott gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau gptkb:Ted_Hughes gptkb:Louis_Mac_Neice gptkb:Seamus_Heaney gptkb:William_Wordsworth gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge gptkb:Philip_Sidney gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:John_Milton gptkb:W._H._Auden gptkb:Robert_Burns gptkb:Philip_Larkin gptkb:Thomas_Hardy gptkb:Alfred_Lord_Tennyson gptkb:William_Blake gptkb:Edward_Thomas gptkb:John_Ruskin |
| gptkbp:influences |
gptkb:William_Wordsworth
gptkb:Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge gptkb:John_Keats |
| gptkbp:inspired_by |
gptkb:folklore
gptkb:Nature Rural life |
| gptkbp:known_for |
Nature writing
Nature poetry Local dialect poetry |
| gptkbp:language |
English
|
| gptkbp:literary_movement |
gptkb:Romanticism
|
| gptkbp:movement |
Romantic poetry
|
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:British
English |
| gptkbp:notable_influence |
Environmental literature
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| gptkbp:notable_quote |
“ The world is a beautiful place.”
“ Nature is the best teacher.” “ I am a poet, and I am a man of the people.” “ I am a poor man, but I am a rich poet.” “ I love to see the sun rise and set.” |
| gptkbp:notable_work |
gptkb:The_Shepherd's_Calendar
Songs of the Soil Wild Flowers The Flitting The Rural Muse The Village Minstrel Poems of the Natural World Shepherd's Calendar |
| gptkbp:occupation |
gptkb:poet
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| gptkbp:period |
gptkb:19th_century
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| gptkbp:posthumous_recognition |
gptkb:John_Clare_Society
gptkb:John_Clare_Festival rediscovery in the 20th century Literary studies on his work Increased interest in the 20th century |
| gptkbp:resting_place |
gptkb:Helpston,_England
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| gptkbp:spouse |
Patience Clare
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| gptkbp:style |
Pastoral poetry
Lyrical |
| gptkbp:themes |
gptkb:Mental_health
gptkb:Nature Rural life |
| gptkbp:wrote |
gptkb:The_Poems_of_John_Clare
gptkb:The_Shepherd's_Calendar The Flitting The Rural Muse The Village Minstrel |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:James_Thomson
gptkb:John_Keats gptkb:Peterborough gptkb:Percy_Bysshe_Shelley |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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