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Robert Burns

Burns

'A Red, Red Rose' and Other Poems

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 03/11/2016

ISBN: 9781782437093

Subject: Fiction

Category: Language

Binding: Paperback

Size: 144 x 111 mm

Extent: 128 pages

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

Edition Status: Out of Print

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Summary:

In his short life, Robert Burns forged for himself a reputation as a poet and songwriter that has never been eclipsed. Today, more than 200 years after his death, his verse remains among the most popular in the world.

Best known for his dialect lyrical verse on nature, love, patriotism and rural life, as well as for such well-loved songs as ‘Auld Lang Syne’ and ‘Robert Bruce’s March to Bannockburn’ (‘Scots Wha Hae’), he was equally as skilful with great lyrics on philosophical subjects.

Offering everything from simple ballads to great set pieces like ‘Tam O’Shanter’, this collection celebrates the work of the poor farmer-turned-exciseman who became, literally, the voice of an entire nation.

Also available in the 'Pocket Poets' series:

9781782437116 Keats: 'Ode to a Nightingale' and Other Poems
9781782437123 Wordsworth: 'Daffodils' and Other Poems
9781782437109 Kipling: 'If–' and Other Poems

Sales points:

  • Includes over sixty of his well-known poems such as ‘Ae fond kiss, and then we sever’, ‘Scots, wa hae’ and ‘Oh, my Luv’s like a red, red rose’

  • This handy size is convenient to carry so you can refer to it wherever you are

  • The Pocket Poets series makes the perfect gift

  • Also available in the Pocket Poets series: Kipling, Keats and Wordsworth

  • Comparative titles: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud... (9781782430124), pub date: 04/04/2013 Poems to Learn by Heart (9781782431459), pub date: 26/09/2013

About the Author:

Robert Burns

Robert Burns, born in Ayrshire in 1759, began writing while very young. In 1786, the success of his first volume of poetry led him to move to Edinburgh, where he received enormous acclaim. Two years later, he married and moved with his wife to a farm in Dumfries. In 1789 he took work as an exciseman, and continued working on the collection of Scots songs that eventually consolidated his reputation. He died in 1796, aged thirty-six.