Selected Poems

by Robert Burns and Robert Burns

Book Overview

This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics to his most well known songs, such as the nostalgic "Auld Lang Syne," the romantic "A Red, Red Rose," and the patriotic "Scots What Hae." As a poet, Burns wrote with deceptive simplicity and imaginative sympathy, and demonstrated enormous range--from comic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140423826
• ISBN13: 9780140423822
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher