Timeline
Lifetime:
1754 -
1797
Passed: ≈
228 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
John Codrington Bampfield
Books by John Codrington Bampfield
Sonnet on a Wet Summer
Poetry
Non-Fiction
Sonnet
Nature
Literature
Weather
England
Summer
Poetry
Verse
18th century
Classic
Rain
Wet
This sonnet, titled 'Sonnet on a Wet Summer,' is a classic example of 18th-century English poetry. John Codrington Bampfield uses vivid imagery and traditional poetic devices to depict the dreary reality of a summer season marred by constant rain. Th...