Robert Burns was one of Scotland's most celebrated literary figures, producing some of the most beloved Scottish poems ever. He was Scotland's National Poet, writing brilliant narrative poems, such as Tam o"Shanter, The Holy Fair, and Auld Lang Syne. But in another sense, his life was so short, so contradictory to itself that the words, the Life of Robert Burns sounds like cruel irony; as sad, shadowed, and disoriented as it was (Electric Scotland). His life very much so affected the way he wrote his poetry, eventually leading him to fame and fortune. .
Born on the 25 of January in 1759, in Alloway, Scotland, to William and Agnes Brown Burnes, Robert Burns (he eventually dropped the "e" from his surname) followed his father's example by becoming a tenant farmer (Brown 3: 73). William Burns had inherited farming land in Alloway from his father, and had worked the land as income. Robert, growing up set to work as a farm laborer, had only two years of formal education at Murdoch's school, where he learned of Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, and Dryden. The rest of his small amount of education came from his father or his own findings. William eventually left his cottage in Alloway and took the small farm to Mount Oliphant in 1765, in order so support the family as well as he wished (Electric Scotland). Robert was the farm's principal laborer, and learned of the ways of farming at an early age and the path that his father had set out before him. .
Many of his first works were results of girls that he had met while living in Mount Oliphant. Nelly Kirkpatrick was Robert's first love, inspiring his first poem O, Once I Loved a Bonnie Lass. He also wrote other masterpieces such as The Cotter's Saturday Night, The Twa Dogs, Halloween, and The Jolly Beggars while in Mount Oliphant (Harvey 122). William realized Robert's need for more formal education, and sent him to the school of Hugh Rodger at Kirkoswald in the summer of 1775.
Robert Burns represented the true Scotsman who openly expressed himself. ... Most critics say that the Church was Robert Burns' favorite subject to write about. ... Robert Burns wrote during the Romantic Age. ... Also, as times changed in Scottish life so did Burns' poetry. ... Robert Burns was taken during the prime of his life. ...
There are two reasons that Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland. ... The poems of Robert Burns contain many appealing elements, such as colorful, vivid imagery and specific diction, allowing Burns to convey exactly what he is picturing while writing them. ... During the middle years of his life, Burns was known to those close to him as simply "an occasional poet" that only wrote verse to express his love and emotions for others. ... By simplifying the life of each the farmer and the mouse, Burns now speaks of them at the same basic level - creatures surviving on Earth, both facing ...
Tam O" Shanter by Robert Burns is considered by many to be a mock epic due to Burns's skillful use, manipulation, and exaggeration of the conventions inherent to epic poetry. ... Burns was a common man who found beauty and delight in both the world and language considered to be common place. ... Burns mocks almost every facet of epic poetry in Tam O" Shanter. ... Burns also makes a mockery of the epic convention of cataloging. ... His life? ...
Robert Hooke was born on July 16,1635 at Freshwater, which lies on the Isle of Wight. ... As a result, he became Robert Boyle's assistant, who specialized in chemistry. ... Robert spent the majority of his life in a group of rooms at the college. ... To this day, there is not a single portrait of Robert Hooke. ... He observed several comets and asked a number of important questions about them, including why the tail points away from the sun, how it burns without oxygen and how it burns for so long. ...
Robert Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. ... The rest of his life was plagued by this affliction. ... One of the experiments was that Boyle wanted to know was if when wood burned, was the smoke and ash already there. He found no proof that ash, smoke, or flame were there before the wood was burned. ... Even after all of this, Boyle still kept a deep religious commitment throughout his life (Unknown p. 470). ...
Robert is masturbating into nothing therefore he cannot create life. ... To Robert this is devastating because those he trusted, whom his life depended on, and helped to defend the country with were betraying him with this act. ... Robert burned it in the middle of the floor. ... Throughout the novel, Roberts love and devotion for Rowena was evident, but it was not displayed to such an extent until he burned her picture as "an act of charity." ... Well life goes on - and a cat will clean its paws no matter what." ...
Robert Merton was born Meyer Schkolnick on July 5, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pa. ... He lived in an apartment above his father's milk, butter and egg store until the building burned down. In a lecture in 1994, he recalled how "that seemingly deprived south Philadelphia slum" provided him with a good start in life. ... During the last years of his life, he fought and overcame six different cancers. ... Richard Rosenfeld, Steven Messner and Robert Agnew could also be added to this same list. ...
(p.148) After getting raped, Robert burns Rowena's picture. ... (p.89) When the Parliament buildings burn in February, Mrs. ... (p.152) This shows her loyalty to fire, which destroys Robert's life. ... After this, Robert can no longer enjoy his life, and is dependent on other people. ... Earth causes feelings of instability in Robert, Air forces Robert to remember his past life, Water destroys his innocence, and Fire leaves Robert helpless. ...
