Robert Burns Poetic Parlour Poetic Parlour Автор: Илюхина Л. В. НОУ...

Robert Burns

Poetic ParlourPoetic Parlour

Автор:Илюхина Л. В.

НОУ «Гимназия №1» учитель английского языка.

Poetic Parlour

Robert Burns1759-1796

Love and

Friendship

Burns Night January 25th

Burns Supper : Haggies (inside parts

of the sheep minced and mixed up with outmeal and boiled)Mashed potatoe or turnip puree Arbroath “smokies” Aberdeen – Angus steakScon (a cake)

The national poet of Scotland

1759

Name: Robert BurnsDate of birth:January25th,1759Place of birth: Alloway, Ayrshire, south-western Scotland

The cottage in Alloway where Robert Burns was born and spent the first seven years of his life.

1765 –1765 – went towent to schoolschool1773 –1773 – wrote his wrote his first poemfirst poem “ “Handsome Nell” Handsome Nell”

17841784 the head of the familythe head of the family moved to Mossgielmoved to Mossgiel

Robert Burns is ploughing. Engraving by John le Conte.

“They never can divideMy heart and soul from thee.”

1786.1786.August.August. a tremendous success a tremendous success

of first edition in Kilmarnockof first edition in Kilmarnock“… “… weavers of Kilmarnock bought weavers of Kilmarnock bought

the books together, shared it by the books together, shared it by pages, learnt the poems by heart pages, learnt the poems by heart and then exchanged the pages…”and then exchanged the pages…”

left for Edinburgh left for Edinburgh

1787. April.1787. April.

the second edition ofthe second edition of poems in Edinburghpoems in Edinburgh

17911791 married Jean Armourmarried Jean Armour took the post of took the post of government inspector government inspector

inin DumfriesDumfries

1796

Name: Robert BurnsDate of birth:January25th,1759 Date of death : 1796Place of birth: Dumfries

Burns’ house in Dumfries, where the poet died.

A reproduction copy of the manuscript of “Auld Lang Syne”

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