Robert Burns Robert Burns Date of birth 25
Robert Burns
Robert Burns § Date of birth - 25 January 1759 § Date of death - 21 July 1796 § Also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and The Bard § National poet of Scotland
Robert Burns § He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language. § Pioneer of the Romantic movement § Strong influence on Scottish literature § Collected folk songs from across Scotland
Robert Burns § His poem Auld Lang Syne is often sung at Hogmanay § Scots Wha Hae served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country. § Other poems A Red, Red Rose; A Man's A Man for A' That; To a Louse; To a Mouse; The Battle of Sherramuir; Tam o' Shanter, and Ae Fond Kiss.
Robert Burns § Burns was born two miles south of Ayr, in Alloway, South Ayrshire, Scotland § the eldest of the seven children of William Burness and Agnes Broun § Received most of his education from his father
Education § § R. Burns was housetaught He was also taught by John Murdoch Dalrymple Parish School 1772 In 1775, he was sent to finish his education with a tutor at Kirkoswald, where he met Peggy Thomson
Love affairs § Elizabeth Paton § Jean Armour § Mary Campbell (Highland Mary)
Ellisland Farm § Burns returned to Ayrshire on 18 February 1788 § Resumed his relationship with Jean Armour § Took a lease on the farm of Ellisland near Dumfries on 18 March § Gave up the farm in 1791 § Refused to become a candidate for a newlycreated Chair of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh
Lyricist § After giving up his farm he removed to Dumfries itself § It was at this time that, being requested to write lyrics for The Melodies of Scotland § Burns also worked to collect and preserve Scottish folk songs at that time § One of the better known of these collections is The Merry Muses of Caledonia
Failing health and death § As his health began to give way, Burns began to age prematurely and fell into fits of despondency § His death was probably caused by bacterial infection reaching his blood § On the morning of 21 July 1796, Robert Burns died in Dumfries at the age of 37
Failing health and death § The funeral took place on Monday 25 July 1796 § He was at first buried in the far corner of St. Michael's Churchyard in Dumfries § His body was eventually moved in September 1815 to its final resting place, in the same cemetery, the Burns Mausoleum
Literary style § Burns' poetry drew upon a substantial familiarity and knowledge of Classical, Biblical, and English literature, as well as the Scottish Makar tradition. § His themes included republicanism and Radicalism which he expressed covertly in Scots Wha Hae, Scottish patriotism, anticlericalism, class inequalities
Influence § He influenced William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Percy Bysshe Shelley greatly. § His direct literary influences in the use of Scots in poetry were Allan Ramsay and Robert Fergusson. § Burns would influence later Scottish writers, especially Hugh Mac. Diarmid
My Heart’s In The Highlands § My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer - Achasing the wild deer, and following the roe; My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go. § Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
My Heart’s In The Highlands § Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow; Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; Farewell to the forrests and wild-hanging woods; Farwell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. § My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe; My heart's in the Highlands, whereever I go.
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