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It was , nevertheless , a remarkable volume - one of the most remarkable first volumes ever published by a British poet – and left no doubt of Burns's - poetic stature .
It was , nevertheless , a remarkable volume - one of the most remarkable first volumes ever published by a British poet – and left no doubt of Burns's - poetic stature .
Page 278
Two more stanzas follow , in which Burns takes off the conventional ode to Spring of the period with remarkable skill . By keeping the tone and imagery of a characteristic sentimental piece in the genteel tradition , and at the same ...
Two more stanzas follow , in which Burns takes off the conventional ode to Spring of the period with remarkable skill . By keeping the tone and imagery of a characteristic sentimental piece in the genteel tradition , and at the same ...
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It is remarkable how effectively the Jacobite and patriotic notes can be handled when they have been , as here , so muted as to fall into place as an elegiac background for a love lyric .
It is remarkable how effectively the Jacobite and patriotic notes can be handled when they have been , as here , so muted as to fall into place as an elegiac background for a love lyric .
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| Title | Robert Burns |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 334 pages |
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