I AM by JOHN CLARE | 19th Century poem analysis | John Clare I Am poetry ANALYSIS & CLOSE READING

John Clare I Am poem analysis | Close reading of John Clare’s beautiful 19th century poem I Am, which examines Clare’s troubles at the loss of his sense of self. The lecture considers the poem’s intellectual context, Clare’s biography, provides a summary, & examines Clare’s poetry’s diction & form. I AM by JOHN CLARE / 19th CENTURY POEM ANALYSIS & CLOSE READING ENGLISH LITERATURE ANALYSIS If you’d like to support the channel, you can here https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_... Follow me on Twitter:   / droctaviacox   CLOSE READING CLASSIC LITERATURE #DrOctaviaCox #UnfamiliarReadings #CloseReadingClassicLiterature FOR MORE LITERARY ANALYSIS see my ‘Close Reading Classic Literature’ playlist:    • CLOSE READING CLASSIC LITERATURE | Dr Octa...   POEM I am yet what I am none cares or knows My friends forsake me like a memory lost I am the self-consumer of my woes They rise and vanish in oblivion’s host Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes And yet I am and live like vapours tost Into the nothingness of scorn and noise Into the living sea of waking dreams Where there is neither sense of life or joys But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems Even the dearest that I love the best Are strange nay rather stranger than the rest I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator God And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below above the vaulted sky KEYWORDS John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis John Clare I Am close reading John Clare I Am summary John Clare I Am poem John Clare poems I Am John Clare poem analysis John Clare poetry analysis John Clare poem close reading John Clare poetry close reading John Clare biography John Clare context John Clare analysis John Clare close reading John Clare poet John Clare poems John Clare I Am poem analysis I Am by John Clare analysis 19th Century poem analysis 19th Century poem close reading John Clare I Am analysis