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1、 Backgrounds Robert Burns（1759-1796） Nationality: Scottish Robert Burns was born in a cottage at Alloway,Scotland. Family: His father William Burns was a farmer.The family often had nothing to eat.By the age of fifteen, Burns already became the farms chief labourer. Education: He was educated at hom

2、e by a teacher.Young Burns always spended his free time reading.He insisted to read a little every day when had a meal. Career: poet, lyricist and farmer.Scottish Ballads ， Patriotic poems，Lyrics of love and friendship. 1783 began to write poetry. Published in 1786 in the Scotland dialect and write

3、poetry mainly concentrated collection, dog, a red red rose , of mice induced by mountain Daisy, to a louse excellent Scotland Xing poem, spicy satirical poem saint day bazaar, sing the praises of farmers and beautiful the nature of farmers Saturday night and other poems. Poetry caused a sensation. H

4、e was invited to Edinburgh, become a common lady guest of honor, and met the Scotland ballad collector Johnson. After the life of the main collection of Scotland folk songs and poems, edited 6 volumes of the Scotland music club for Johnson (1787 - 1808), edited 8 volumes of original Scotland selecte

5、d songs for Thomsen (1793 - 1818), so that many will be lost folk preserved. For many songs filled lyrics made him world famous. Late poems is the folk based narrative poem Tom Osant, wrote one night in a story. Another long poem the jolly beggars write a group of men and women tramps pursue pleasur

6、e. His work is simple, lively, showing a free, equal mind. Masterpieces A Red, Red Rose O,my luves like a red, red rose, Thats newly sprung in June; O, my luves like the melodie, Thats sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear

7、, Till a the seas gang dry. Till a the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi the sun; I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o life shall run. And fare thee still, my only luve! And fare thee weel awhile! And I will come again, my luve, Though it were ten thousand mile. A Red Red R

8、ose “Heaven-taught ploughmanHeaven-taught ploughman” & Scotland& Scotlands favorite sons favorite son All of Scotland mourned his death, and afterwards many people donated money to support his widow and children. The monument to him was first publicly exhibited in 1877 and about 30,000 people attended the first exhibition. The house in Alloway, where Burns was born, is now a museum of his life and work. Every Ja