JOHN CLARE John Clare was born in July 13, 1793, in Helpston, near Peterborough, Northampton, England. Clare lived his life for seventy-one years then died May 20, 1864. John Clare, a man who started working at such young age, at age seven. Though Clare had to work at an early age he still had access to many books. (though they were limited). Getting knowledge from the books he would read on his time off, he got the ability to write the romantic poems we might know today. For example, one of the first poems he wrote was “First love”. Clare wrote many poems but he wasn't famous for all of them. Till early in the 1820’s in London he became noted poet of the Romantic Era. John Clare was the son of a poor labourer and was forced to work due to the lack of money. John Clare himself was a ploughboy,reaper,thresher and a pot-scourer. Even after going home tired of his jobs he still managed to read some of the books, he would check out from the library and obtain good amount of information, that helped him better himself. After working so many jobs as a child he still managed to go to school and get the education he needed. John Clare attended school in “Glinton church” until he was twelve years of age. Though the years may not seem like a lot Clare was able to get a lot of education during …show more content…
He was really inspired by him that he even started to write his own poems and sonnets. Though John Clare wrote many poems, he didn’t get famous till the early 1820’s. He first became known in London with one of his first poems called “First love”. The London people loved the poems John Clare would write. Though in many places he was not really known until he became known in London. After, London found about John Clare, Clare actually wanted to spread his success to not just the London people but to other people as well. He continued his success by writing even more poems in other parts of the