In “Thou Gloomy December,” Burns mourns a sad parting. While I enjoy Burns, I also enjoy Austen’s satiric takedown of the poet in “Sanditon.”
Tag Archives: Robert Burns
Burns on December (and Austen on Burns)
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A Day for Remembering
A Robert Burns poem to remember those we have lost. Happy All Souls’ Day.
The Highland Hills Forever I Love
As we move into the school year and summer vacation recedes in the distance, we remember Burns’s Highlands (or our version of them).
Weather Report: Death’s Untimely Frost
Having winter intrude upon our spring has me quoting Burns and Shakespeare.
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Scotland’s Vote: Victory or Gory Bed?
Many have been quoting Robert Burns’ “Scots Wha Hae” as Scotland’s referendum on independence approaches.
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Murray and Serena, Unapologetic Power
Andy Murray and Serena Williams were warriors as they won the U.S. Open, bringing to mind poems by Robert Burns and Tony Hoagland.
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A Death Poem Must Acknowledge the Pain
For today’s entry on poems that can come to our aid when we are confronting death, I will be looking at two. In both poems, the speaker has lost a loved one. One of them, which I have known and loved since high school and whose sentiments I agree with, now angers me. The other, […]
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