Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
by Robert Burns
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Author: Robert BurnsEditor: Carol McGuirk
Introduction: Carol McGuirk
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-05-03
ISBN: 0140423826
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Book Review: Scotland's lyric genius
Summary: 5 Stars
Burns is a legendary lyric poet whose Scots verses inspired Wordsworth and Coleridge. A number of his poems and songs, "Auld Lang Syne" " To a Mousie" "Tam O'Shanter" " A man's a man for a that" are among the most well- known in the language.
Burns bright star burned briefly, and his life was filled with passionate and romantic loves about which he wrote some of his greatest poems. " My love is like a red red rose" is perhaps the most well-known of these.
In brief lines he expressed a great range of feeling, from satirical to humorous to tender and loving.
Here are the concluding verses of one of his signature poems, "To a Mousie"
But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain:
The best-laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley,
An lea'e us nought but grief an pain,
For promis'd joy!
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi me!
The present only toucheth thee:
But och! I backward cast my e'e,
On prospects drear!
An forward, tho I canna see,
I guess an fear!
While this edition includes the poems Burns is most well- known for it does not include the glossary or dictionary which would help most readers understand Burns' Scots terms. Any future edition of the poems would be improved by such a glossary.
Summary of Selected Poems (Penguin Classics)
This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic Auld Lang Syne, the romantic A Red, Red Rose, and the patriotic Scots What Hae. As a poet, Burns wrote with deceptive simplicity and imaginative sympathy, and demonstrated enormous range - from comic dramatic monologues such as Holy Willie's Prayer, which mocks hypocrisy, to narratives including the celebrated Tam O' Shanter, about the ghostly visions of a drunk.Poetry Books
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