Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 87
Page 5
... English dialect ) ) began to give way more and more , in literary productions , to the English . Drummond of Haw- thornden ( 1585-1649 ) , though he spoke Scots , wrote all his poetry in English , and in this he is symbolic of what was ...
... English dialect ) ) began to give way more and more , in literary productions , to the English . Drummond of Haw- thornden ( 1585-1649 ) , though he spoke Scots , wrote all his poetry in English , and in this he is symbolic of what was ...
Page 50
... English and Scottish influences , with the English on the whole pre- dominating . The vocabulary alternates between English and Scots . The first verse starts off with a genuine Scots folk feel about it , but the third line- “ And ...
... English and Scottish influences , with the English on the whole pre- dominating . The vocabulary alternates between English and Scots . The first verse starts off with a genuine Scots folk feel about it , but the third line- “ And ...
Page 286
... English , but that he is being deliberate , cold , and formal , in order to contrast the unwelcome truth about pleasure with Tam's cosy feeling about it . The English in these lines is a deliber- ately " fancy " English , piling up ...
... English , but that he is being deliberate , cold , and formal , in order to contrast the unwelcome truth about pleasure with Tam's cosy feeling about it . The English in these lines is a deliber- ately " fancy " English , piling up ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
5 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Allan Ramsay appeared auld lang syne ballad Bard Beggars bonie Burns's songs chorus collection Commonplace Book David Herd David Hume dear death drinking Edinburgh edition effect eighteenth-century Ellisland English Epistle farm farmer feeling Fergusson frae Gavin Hamilton genteel Gilbert Green Grow happy heart Highland Hugh Blair Jacobite Jean John Johnson Kilmarnock volume kind Kirk Lapraik lasses letter lines literary tradition literature lively Mary Mauchline melody mood moral Mossgiel moves Murdoch Muse Museum ne'er neoclassic never night o'er owre patriotic piece poem poet poet's poetic poetry poor pride printed Ramsay Ramsay's remarkable rhyme Robert Burns rustic satire Scotch Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish literature sentimental Shanter sing social stanza sung Tarbolton thee theme Thomson thou thro tion turn Watson William Burnes words writing written wrote young