Robert Burns. English Literature

Robert Burns is the best loved Scottish poet

Burns is well known not only for his literary work but for his extraordinary way of life

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Robert Burns was born in a family of a farmer

Burns' house in Alloway in Ayr, where he was born, now is a museum

As a child Burns loved stories of the supernatural and later he turned many of these stories into poems.

After the death of his father Burns inherited the farm but he was in terrible financial difficulties: the farm was not successful 

Burns decided to emigrate to Jamaica so to raise the money required for this journey, he published his ‘Poems in the Scottish Dialect’ in 1786, which washad no success.

His eldest child, the first of three illegitimate daughters all called Elizabeth, was greeted with the poem ‘Welcome to a Beloved Children Wean’.

One of the most important literary tasks he began was his songs for the Scots Musical Museum. Burns contributed over three hundred songs, many of his own composition, and others based on folks verses.

His most famous long poem, ‘Tam O’Shanter’ is the story of a man who disturbs a coven of witches 

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Burns Night is a great occasion on January 25th, his actual date of birth, when many dinners dedicated to his memory are held all over the world.

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