Summoned by Bells

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Summoned by Bells is an autobiographical blank-verse poem by English poet John Betjeman, recounting his childhood and early life with nostalgic detail.

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instanceOf autobiographical poem
blank verse poem
poetry book
adaptationType television film
adaptationYear 1976
adaptedBy BBC NERFINISHED
author John Betjeman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes family life of John Betjeman
social milieu of early 20th-century England
genre autobiographical poetry
blank verse
hasAdaptation Summoned by Bells (television film) NERFINISHED
hasIllustrations yes
hasPart chapter about Betjeman’s childhood in London
chapter about Oxford experiences
chapter about schooldays at Marlborough College
hasTheme class and society in England
education
landscape and place
memory
nostalgia
religion and faith
influencedBy Anglican tradition
English landscape
literaryForm poem sequence
literaryMovement modern English poetry
literaryPeriod 20th-century English literature
mainSubject childhood of John Betjeman
early life of John Betjeman
narratedByInAdaptation John Betjeman NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first person
notableFor detailed evocation of English settings
use of conversational blank verse
originalLanguage English
partOfAuthorWorkType John Betjeman’s autobiographical writings
publicationDate 1960
publisher John Murray NERFINISHED
settingLocation Cornwall NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Marlborough College NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodDescribed Edwardian era NERFINISHED
early 20th century
tone nostalgic
writtenInVerseForm blank verse

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John Betjeman notableWork Summoned by Bells