To a mountain daisy by robert burns about this poet robert burns was born in 1759, in alloway, scotland, to william and agnes brown burnes. To a mountain daisy by robert burns poetry foundation. It was included in the kilmarnock volume of burnss poems, published in that year the poem tells of how the poet, while out with the plough, discovers that he has crushed a daisys stem. When asked to name the source of his greatest creative inspiration, bob dylan selected a red, red rose. Robert burns is generally considered to be scotlands greatest poet, lyricist and. I have a copy in the handwriting of burns entitled the gowan. This more natural name he changed as he did his own, without reasonable cause. Robert burns january 25, 1759 july 26 1796 also known as rabbie burns, scotlands favourite son, the ploughman poet, robden of solway firth, the bard of ayrshire and in scotland as the bard. However, toward the end of his life he became an excise collector in dumfries, where he died in. Index of robert burns poems with english translations. The verse stanza used is the standard habbie from the 17th century poem habbie simson the piper of kilbarchan by robert sempill. To that end, the words thee, thine and thy have been changed to you and your. For i maun crush amang the stoure thy slender stem.
Robert burns, poems, chiefly in the scottish dialect kilmarnock, 1786. Modern english translations and original poems, songs, quotes, epigrams and bio robert burns is generally considered to be scotlands greatest poet, lyricist and songwriter. To a mountain daisy, on turning one down, with the plough, in april 1786 is a scots poem written by robert burns in 1786. To a mountain daisy analysis and summary by robert burns. Robert burns, critical analysis of to a mountain daisy. To a mountain daisy by robert burns the literature network.
Literature network robert burns to a mountain daisy. The aim of this modern translation is to help students comprehend the word meanings. To mr e on his translation of and commentaries on martial. On turning one down with the plough, in april, 1786 wee, modest, crimsontipped flowr, thous met me in an evil hour. To a mountain daisy the verse stanza used is the standard habbie from the 17th century poem habbie simson the piper of kilbarchan by robert sempill.
Download or print out a pdf translation of to a mountain daisy. To a mountain daisy is a part of his famous anthology of poems published in the same year itself titled kilmarnock. Burns had a knowledge of traditional verse forms but used the standard habbie so extensively that it has become known as the burns stanza. To a mountain daisy by robert burns wee, modest, crimsontipped flower, you have met me in an evil hour. This was not the original title of this sweet poem. Essentially a scots poem written in 1786 by robert burns to a mountain daisy has many similar poems as its contemporaries, e. Wee, modest, crimsontipped flowr, thous met me in an evil hour. However, toward the end of his life he became an excise collector in dumfries, where he died in 1796.