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Page 124
... Fair " ( which is perhaps earlier than any of the preceding , though its date is uncertain ) , is the first of those in the Kilmarnock volume which show the full stature of Burns as a poet working in the Scots literary tradition . We ...
... Fair " ( which is perhaps earlier than any of the preceding , though its date is uncertain ) , is the first of those in the Kilmarnock volume which show the full stature of Burns as a poet working in the Scots literary tradition . We ...
Page 128
... Fair , in which the verse gathers speed and the reader is given a vivid sense of crowds and bustle . Burns takes every opportunity to point out the crazy mixture of the religious and the secular which is so characteristic of the scene ...
... Fair , in which the verse gathers speed and the reader is given a vivid sense of crowds and bustle . Burns takes every opportunity to point out the crazy mixture of the religious and the secular which is so characteristic of the scene ...
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... fair , ” and " th ' unblushing fair " points up with deliberate irony the difference between such a situation in genteel life and in Poosie Nansie's . The lines Partly wi ' love o'ercome sae sair , An ' partly she was drunk are humorous ...
... fair , ” and " th ' unblushing fair " points up with deliberate irony the difference between such a situation in genteel life and in Poosie Nansie's . The lines Partly wi ' love o'ercome sae sair , An ' partly she was drunk are humorous ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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