Burns: My Love Is Like Rad a Rose
Chandra Chettri
Prof: John
English 1302
8 July 2013
Robert Burns: “My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose” Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland in 1759. His father, a poor tenant farmer, tutored his sons at home and sought to provide them with as much additional education as resources allowed. During his youth Burns endured the hard work and financial difficulties which beset his family as they moved from one rented farm to another. During his young age Burns proposed marriage to Jean Armour, who was pregnant with his twin sons. Her parents rejected his offer and demanded financial restitution. Later he married her and move to West Indies and state a new life (Robert Burn).
Burns “My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose” was first published in 1974 in A Selection of Scots Songs, edited by Peter Urbana. Burns is a man of the mainly emotional temper; with passions. He was the most famous romantic Scottish poet of all time, and one of the most well know poet of the eighteen century. He also tried to convince that if it really is love it will always be there no after how near or far the two people may be from each other. In addition, he used simile to compares his love to a rose and to a melody showing as that love is beautiful, and precious.
In the first and second line Burns try to wants to symbolize his love as a single red rose for Jean. He compare his love with a single red rose; newly sprung in June which means his love begins in June or the best moment of his love seems like a rose which blooms it in spring. He conveys his love as one and only for the woman he loves, since there is no comparison for his love towards her. In the first two lines itself it is clearly stated:
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose .That’s newly sprung in June.
O my Luve’s like the melodie.That’s sweetly play’d in tune.”
The third and fourth line he describe his love as a melody, a sound which makes him dance and follow the tunes and always makes him feel happy. It feels like all his
Prof: John
English 1302
8 July 2013
Robert Burns: “My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose” Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland in 1759. His father, a poor tenant farmer, tutored his sons at home and sought to provide them with as much additional education as resources allowed. During his youth Burns endured the hard work and financial difficulties which beset his family as they moved from one rented farm to another. During his young age Burns proposed marriage to Jean Armour, who was pregnant with his twin sons. Her parents rejected his offer and demanded financial restitution. Later he married her and move to West Indies and state a new life (Robert Burn).
Burns “My Love’s Like a Red, Red Rose” was first published in 1974 in A Selection of Scots Songs, edited by Peter Urbana. Burns is a man of the mainly emotional temper; with passions. He was the most famous romantic Scottish poet of all time, and one of the most well know poet of the eighteen century. He also tried to convince that if it really is love it will always be there no after how near or far the two people may be from each other. In addition, he used simile to compares his love to a rose and to a melody showing as that love is beautiful, and precious.
In the first and second line Burns try to wants to symbolize his love as a single red rose for Jean. He compare his love with a single red rose; newly sprung in June which means his love begins in June or the best moment of his love seems like a rose which blooms it in spring. He conveys his love as one and only for the woman he loves, since there is no comparison for his love towards her. In the first two lines itself it is clearly stated:
“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose .That’s newly sprung in June.
O my Luve’s like the melodie.That’s sweetly play’d in tune.”
The third and fourth line he describe his love as a melody, a sound which makes him dance and follow the tunes and always makes him feel happy. It feels like all his
Cited: "Robert Burns." LitFinder Contemporary Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2007. LitFinder. Web. 15 July 2013.