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Page 148
... simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the latter . Here , again , Burns's attempt both to be his sub- ject and to stand outside it and show it off ...
... simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the latter . Here , again , Burns's attempt both to be his sub- ject and to stand outside it and show it off ...
Page 176
... simple gnomic quality of a country proverb . The poem is alive with bright descriptive touches and an all - embracing humour . The opening , with its exclamatory suddenness , carries us right into the situation : crawling wonder strut ...
... simple gnomic quality of a country proverb . The poem is alive with bright descriptive touches and an all - embracing humour . The opening , with its exclamatory suddenness , carries us right into the situation : crawling wonder strut ...
Page 312
... simple similes and simple exaggeration : go O my Luve's like a red , red rose , That's newly sprung in June . O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune . As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I ...
... simple similes and simple exaggeration : go O my Luve's like a red , red rose , That's newly sprung in June . O my Luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune . As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I ...
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