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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, [ a] was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect ...
Holy Willie's Prayer. Page of poem. " Holy Willie's Prayer " is a poem by Robert Burns. It was written in 1785 and first printed anonymously in an eight-page pamphlet in 1789. [ 1] It is considered the greatest of all Burns' satirical poems, one of the finest satires by any poet, [ 2] and a withering attack on religious hypocrisy.
Commonplace Books. Robert Burns 's three Commonplace books, 1783 to 1785, a second 1787 to 1790 and a third 1789 to 1794. [1] are personal compilations of early drafts of songs, prose and some poetry as well as observations on people, places and ideas. Copies of poetry, excerpts from books, quotations, moral, religious and philosophical ...
The poem was written in a Habbie stanza with the stanza six lines long and the rhyme scheme AAABAB. Burns used a similar stanza in Death and Doctor Hornbook. The poem is also skeptical of the Devil's existence and of his intentions to punish sinners for all eternity as in the stanza. Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An’ let poor damned bodies be;
Ca' the yowes. " Ca' the yowes to the knowes " ("Drive the ewes to the hills") is a Scottish folk song collected by Robert Burns from 1794. Although sometimes attributed to Burns himself, the seven-stanza original poem is thought to be the work of Ayrshire poet Isabel Pagan, a contemporary of Burns. The poem was partially revised by Burns, and ...
To ask if there is some mistake. Of easy wind and downy flake. And miles to go before I sleep. [1] " Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening " is a poem by Robert Frost, written in 1922, and published in 1923 in his New Hampshire volume. Imagery, personification, and repetition are prominent in the work.
Burns stanza. The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who used it in some fifty poems. [1] It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie, after the piper Habbie Simpson (1550–1620). It is also sometimes known as the Scottish stanza or six-line stave.
Address to a Haggis ( Scots: Address to the Haggis) is a Scots language poem by Scottish poet, Robert Burns in 1786. [1] One of the more well known Scottish poems, the title refers to the national dish of Scotland, haggis, which is a savoury pudding. The poem is most often recited at "Burns supper" a Scottish cultural event celebrating the life ...