Project Gutenberg 2005-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 144 Clare, John 1793 1864 Poems Chiefly from Manuscript Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jon Ingram, Marc D'Hooghe and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Poems Chiefly from Manuscript" by John Clare is a collection of poetry written during the early 19th century. This compilation features a significant body of Clare's work, including many poems that are being published for the first time, and showcases the poet's unique voice and deep connection with nature, as well as the themes of love, rural life, and personal reflection. The opening portion of the work sets the stage by discussing the selection process of Clare's poems, emphasizing the effort to highlight his development as a poet through a chronological arrangement. The introduction not only acknowledges Clare's biographical background but also hints at the challenges he faced in his life, illustrating his passionate yet tumultuous journey through personal struggles and mental health. The narrative reflects his childhood, education, and initially humble poetic aspirations, setting the tone for an exploration of emotion and experience that permeates throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poetry PR Text Poetry Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 406183 406067 2024-10-04T08:18:32.174853 2023-10-04T07:49:33.897215 text/html text/html 406176 406060 2024-10-04T08:18:32.604836 2023-10-04T07:49:34.148231 text/html text/html 224396 2024-10-04T08:18:43.994793 application/epub+zip 228729 2024-10-04T08:18:36.328812 application/epub+zip 217300 2024-10-04T08:18:34.760839 application/epub+zip 442475 2024-10-04T08:18:48.336780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404289 2024-10-04T08:18:42.859835 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363579 2022-09-04T11:27:21.333708 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336812 336747 2024-10-04T08:18:31.550845 2023-10-04T07:49:33.446215 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 331711 2021-01-02T09:40:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 134391 2021-01-02T09:40:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18634 2024-10-04T08:18:48.981751 application/rdf+xml 15948 2024-10-04T08:18:35.317827 image/jpeg 3885 2024-10-04T08:18:35.043829 image/jpeg 222580 2024-10-04T08:18:32.639832 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia