They had a regular correspondence during the affair and used the pseudonyms ‘Clarinda’ and ‘Sylvander’.
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Robert Burns had an intimate, but not sexual, relationship with Mrs Agnes Maclehose in the late 1780s. Scots Wha Hae (Scots, Who Have) is very popular in Scotland and it served as an unofficial national anthem of the country for many years. The lyrics of this song are in the form of a speech given by the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce, to the Scottish army before the Battle of Bannockburn. It is one of the most famous victories in Scottish history. A smaller Scottish army defeated the largest English army ever to invade Scotland allowing the region to maintain its sovereignty from the Kingdom of England. What airs in dress and gait would leave us,įought in 1314, Battle of Bannockburn was one of the most important battles in the First War of Scottish Independence. Comprising of 8 stanzas, To a Louse is noted for its irony and is one of the best known poems of Burns. The final verse of the poem narrates its theme of how if one had the ability to see oneself through the eyes of others, it would shed one’s misconceptions about oneself. The rest of the poem focuses on the louse as well as the situation of the lady.
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He asks it how could he dare to sit on such an elegant lady. In this poem, the speaker notices a louse on the bonnet, a type of headgear, of a fine lady. It was also sung by the Scottish folk singer Sheena Wellington at the opening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.įull Title: To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church Is There for Honest Poverty is known for its ideas of liberalism and it was used in the German revolutions of 1848–49.
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Like many of Burns’ works, this is essentially a spoken poem and it is more often sung than read. Popularly known as “A Man’s a Man for A’ That”, this poem expresses that the honesty and goodwill of people, no matter to what class they belong to, is more important than the pretensions of caste or privilege.