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Critisism On Robert Burns (1759-1796) Robert Burns was a Scottish poet, whose works are known and loved wherever the English language is read. He was born in Alloway, Ayreshire, January 25, 1759. He was the eldest of seven children born to William Burness, a struggling tentant farmer, and his wife, Agnes Broun. Although poverty limited his ...

Part two of term paper
... solely on that title, or to urge the merits of his poetry, when considered in relation to the lowest of his birth, and the litte opportunity of improvment which his education could afford. These particulars, indeed might excite our wonder at his productions; but his poetry, considered abstractly, and without the apologies arising from his situation, seems to him fully entitled to command our feelings, and to obtain our applause. One bar, indeed, his birth and education have opposed to his fame, ...