Chapter 58 scottish peasant poet burns

scottish peasant poet burns Burns is full of earthy flavor, a poet born in an out-and-out peasant family.his one Almost all of his life was spent in the fields of the Scottish countryside.Although farming life makes him very It is hard work, but he has loved labor and land since he was a child, and has repeatedly used all the money he saved for farming. Zhuangshang, even though he lost everything, did not hesitate, because he never wanted to forget his roots.as he said in a song His donkey New Year's greetings poem said: How many times have we toiled together, Compete with that weary world!

Many days I have felt anxious, Afraid that we would fall to the ground; You think you can live to such an old age, Still working hard! The poet's family and his childhood life, he himself said very much in the diary left behind Clearly: "I was born as the son of a very poor man. My father married very late, and I was The eldest of his seven children.When I was six or seven years old, my father was a small fortune near Er The gardener of the Lord's house.If nothing has changed in his circumstances, I must be something A small odd job in the farm.But my father longed for his children to stay with him forever

side". The poverty of the Pence family.It can also be seen from a memory of his brother. "in a Stormy morning," wrote Gilber, the poet's second brother, "when Robert was just born Only nine or ten days, at dawn, part of the roof suddenly fell down, and the rest shook. It was crumbling, so my mother and Robert had to brave the wind and rain, and be carried to a neighbor's house for shelter, They lived there for a week until the family home was repaired." Due to the poverty of his family, Burns had almost no chance to study when he was young. He could only spend his spare time in farming,

Go to a school one mile away from home to study.The teacher Mauduk himself was an eighteen-year-old youth.Until Burns was fourteen or fifteen years old, his school education was only part-time work-study, that is to say, When it was time to harvest and sow, he would drop out of school and go home to help in the fields.So by fifteen He is already a seasoned little farmer. Burns received little schooling, and his knowledge of hometown legends and folk songs was all Got it from his mother.At sixteen, Burns had written his first love poem: "Pretty Neil", which was written for a female companion in the field.Burns in his diary

It was once written that this woman could sing very well, and Burns held her hand and plucked the small thorns from her palm. As he stabbed, he said his heartstrings vibrated like a banjo. Most of Burns's poems are written in the Scottish dialect, and this is the essence of his work The essence, only a small part is written in common English.Burns never said he didn't like English, but he, like every faithful Scot, loves his native land, loves his The land, language and countless legends, songs and stories handed down in this land.burns poem, There are many adaptations of old folk songs, or new lyrics for old songs.Scotchman he embellished

The songs of the time have all injected new life, while retaining the original style that the public loves to hear. Burns is a poet who really lives in the field.His poems are not folk sitting in the study of the city Works of literary scholars. Burns' father died of tuberculosis in 1784 after a hard life.Burns' Country Farming Unable to support himself and his family, in 1786, he decided to leave Scotland for remote to earn a living in the West Indies, because he was introduced as a bookkeeper on a forest farm in Jamaica. staff, but the travel expenses have to be arranged by themselves.The travel expenses are not much, as long as the boat cost about nine pounds is enough.

But how can Pence get the travel expenses?His landowner, Hamilton, is a caring man, I always knew that Burns liked to write poetry, so I suggested to the twenty-seven-year-old tenant why not send him Put together the poems you have written, print a collection of poems, and ask people to sell them everywhere. Travel expenses?Mr. Hamilton was willing to pay for the printing fee, and Burns naturally agreed happily, because this It kills two birds with one stone. Which poet does not want his works to be printed in a collection of poems?Hamilton for this Running very hard.Three months later, this is July 31, 1786, our great poet

Her debut novel, the first collection of poems: "Poems, Mostly Written in Scottish Dialect" was published version.According to the research of later generations, the first edition of Burns's first collection of poems, which is now worth tens of millions, A total of 600 volumes were printed, and about 350 volumes were sold in advance, and the rest were published soon. There are customers, so not only can the capital padded by Hamilton be recovered, but also Pence has obtained An income of about twenty pounds. With the travel expenses, Pence's trip to Jamaica can naturally be realized.Unexpectedly, just as he was planning to go

During the costume period, due to the publication of this collection of poems, Burns made acquaintance with a group of new bosom friends.just because of With this new development, his trip to Jamaica was suddenly cancelled—a big blow to Burns himself and Sue. For Gran, it can be said to be a lucky thing.For the West Indies are missing only one insignificant Clerk, there is one more great poet in the history of English literature. Here's the thing: There was an old poet named Blacklock, who was also a Scottish A man, blind, living in Edinburgh, and quite influential among the local literati.read at this time

When I read Burns's newly published collection of poems, I felt that it was a talent to create, so in November of this year, I asked People wrote to Burns, urging him to come to Edinburgh, saying that it would not only give him the opportunity to get close to the He has replaced many literati, and he has the opportunity to republish his collection of poems.About the latter motion is the most This made Burns happy, because he had approached the original printer for a reprint, but was rejected.At It was on November 22 that Burns was on a single horse (according to his own diary, the horse

was borrowed) set off for Edinburgh to venture into the world. Pence's trip to Edinburgh was a success.Sure enough, someone is willing to republish his collection of poems, but And as soon as the paper became popular, he got a huge income of five hundred pounds.His gains in fame are greater, Dealing with Edinburgh's contemporary literati and high society.Everyone wants to get acquainted with this dirt-filled Breath of the country poet.Naturally, some noble ladies could not help but look at him like a monkey, But Pence didn't care.Such is the greatness of our poet's character that he is not at all Attracted by the prosperity of the city and the honor of the living room, it still maintains its true colors and is spotless left Edinburgh. In Burns's poems, there are differences between Scottish dialect and English in writing.In nature, also about It can be roughly divided into three types, that is, short lyrical love poems, which sing about Scotland in the form of folk songs and ballads. Field life and folklore story poems, there is also a kind of poetry with a strong sense of justice and mockery A satire for a good diehard.In the latter works he has sung the praises of the Scottish history The national heroes also entrusted his sympathy to the French Revolution at that time.Needless to say, Pence's biggest His achievement is that he inherited the tradition of Scottish dialect literature and wrote it in the rural vernacular. Those kind and true works that celebrate the land and hard life. Pence has a shortcoming in his private life, that is, he likes to drink too much, which is consistent with his life. It's about being tortured.But just because he drank a lot, he got a kind of rheumatism, and finally Died on this.Burns was born on January 25, 1759 and died in 1796 On July 21st, he was very young and only lived to be thirty-eight years old.