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Author Robert Burns
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Anyone know of any good web sites where I can learn more about this person?

Vibrio laughed at my lack of knowledge on the subject... It's not my fault I had a crap English education...

PS. Yes I'm bored.
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TTT
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http://www.rabbie-burns.com
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The guys a genius. His poems had huge secret messages in them - some would have got him hanged!

Quality stuff!
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quote:
Originally posted by starkmotorsport
The guys a genius. His poems had huge secret messages in them - some would have got him hanged!

Quality stuff!


Really? Please explain?
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In "To a Mouse" he goes on about a wee field mouse and how its homes just been wrecked - but hes actually talking about mankind and how we exist etc.

In "To a Louse" hes talking about an insect crawling up a pretty ladies bonnet in church and how she doesnt realise its on her - hes pointing out how shes forgotten the reason shes actually in church and shes too busy showing off etc.

Erm...trying to remember the others...
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Oh I see!
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Cant really remember them all.

Basically there are hidden messages in them all and some had political messages that should the politicians/whoever have been intelligent enough to understand them then Burns might have been hanged.

Hes a total legend up here though, totally before his time and underestimated etc.

I thought poetry would be dull at school, but we did his stuff in Higher English and its actually really good.

[Edited on 16.12.03 by starkmotorsport]
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Hehe!
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Totally agree fella. Legend, no shadow of a doubt.

Used to stay in a farm just along the road from me. Think it was there that he wrote "to a mouse" but i may be wrong........ cant remember all that stuff now.
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if i look out my window i can see a staute of him
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Yeah, something like he was out either cutting the corn or he was walking as they were doing it in a field next to where he was.

They destroyed the mouse's house and so all the hard work the mouse had done to build it was a waste. And that the mouse wouldnt have time to build another so he would surely die in the coming winter.

Nice and happy then!
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" wee sleakit courin timerest beastie"

still remember it today, about 10 years after i won a poetry competition at primary.
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quote:
Originally posted by Scott
if i look out my window i can see a staute of him


Funny kinda street you live in?
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live across from a park with a castle dedicated to him, a statue of him, a pond and golf course
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Dean castle?
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no , mate lives there

i live really close tho
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Ahh right. Didn't know you guys were (kind of) into your country's history/heritage etc.!
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im not some wierdo is
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Yes, and we still havent forgot or forgiven the scum who came north of the border and terrorised our families

all is not forgotten
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Blame what you like on the English, it don't bother me as I'm an Aussie!
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acht well.......... worth a try
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I have reason to be mad at the English:

RUGBY

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dont worry.

Their shite at
cricket
swimming
athletics
even football

so wouldnt worry my arse about them

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