Robert Burns

Robert Burns’ Life Story Burns’
married in 1788 but, unprofitable farm be an exciseman or gauger 50 pounds a year (征税官 征税官) 征税官 leased a farm in Dumfriesshire a happy life, happiest died miserably in 1796
Comments on Robert Burns
• 1. Burns was one of the most famous poets of the peasants in the world. • 2. He obtain the characteristic of all old Scottish songs: simplicity, humor, directness and optimism.
Robert Burns’ Life Story
hard life on the Ayrshire farms abandon the toil, to Jamaica published some poems to earn money for the passage “the unceasing toil of a gallery slave”
Comments on Robert Burns
3. As a poet of the laboring people, he pours out the sentiment of the people. 4. In his poems, he sings of his hometown, his people, love, nature, etc.
Major Works of Burns
1. “My Heart’s in the Highlands” “我的心在高原” 我的心在高原” 我的心在高原 2. “A Red, Red Rose” “一朵红红的玫瑰” 一朵红红的玫瑰” 一朵红红的玫瑰
Robert Burns 罗伯特· 罗伯特·彭斯 (1759(1759-1796)
Robert Burns 17591759-1796
Robert Burns’ Life Story
morality, his admirable father industry, zeal (passion) for education little formal schooling, teach himself first to be a laborer on the tenant(租) farms 租 his father and brothers leased (租用 租用) 租用
Comments on Robert Burns
5.His vivid dialects advanced colloquial language expression of his new poems. 6.He created a kind of symphonic meter(交响乐格律 of all his own, 交响乐格律) 交响乐格律 and lots of his poems have been set to music.
用奴隶、 用奴隶、囚犯划 3 shillings each; then published at 572 pounds
Robert Burns’ Life Story
little volume fame second time to Edinburgh; neglected high praise by some Edinburgh critics, suggest a second edition to Edinburgh a freak of nature entertained 畸形） （畸形）