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Dominus Maximus · September 25, 2006

In in the middle of writing an essay about this poem.

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.

As fair art thou, my bonie lass,

So deep in luve am I;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi' the sun;

And I will luve thee still, my dear,

While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare-thee-weel, my only Luve!

And fare-thee-weel, a while!

And I will come again, my Luve,

Tho' 'twere ten thousand mile!

Here's my intro and first paragraph. Before I go any further could someone, look it over. Not the gramma, just the text, and meaning. If it totally f***ed, or if it is somewhat relevant. It's my first essay at an academical level. So I'm a bit lost here... Cheers...

Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Scotland in 1759. Rumoured to be quite the charlatan, we as readers are fortunate to enter his mind as we embark on a journey about tough love in the poem: A Red, Red Rose. This essay will focus on similes, metaphors, and idioms. Finally the essay writer will give an analytical description of the poem.

How does Burns use similes? Burns begins with giving the reader one the most simple and well-known similes.

“O my Luve’s like a red, red rose.” (Verse 1) By using the word “like” or in other cases the word “as”, the term of this phrase is defined as a simile. Not to be confused with the term “metaphors”. A simile is a comparison between two different things. Burns compares the narrators’ love with a red, red rose. Love is a term widely used in different context. Love can be defined as an intense feeling of deep affection, a felling that transcends into different relationships. It is not just used to describe a relationship between a man and a woman. The word love can also be used as something as banal as a relationship between a man and his burger, i.e. “I really love burgers”. Then enters the word rose. A rose is a flower. And the colour red indicates love. Many writers use a rose as an object of affection and love. The colour red is similar to the heart, and the heart is the core in which love can be stored. A rose emit odours of a sensual kind, which can be compared with the attraction between man and woman. We are led to believe that man and woman are attracted to each other by the scent we deliver. In this case the love, like a red rose is to be interpreted as the love the narrator has towards his bonie lass, a beautiful, warm, new and odorous experience. The second simile is located in verse 3 and 4, “O my Luve’s like the melodie, That’s sweetly play’d in tune”. Having already established the meaning of love, the smile here is a melody sweetly played in tune. A melody can be defined as a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying. And by adding the word sweetly, the narrator gives a clear indication of the simile he wants us to experience. In conclusion the narrator describes the love he owns towards his woman, as beautiful and sweet, like a rose and the as good as the joy of listing to a sweet melody, by the help of similes.

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EDIT: No mocking please...

Edited September 25, 2006 by Crouchinho

SkippyjonJones · September 25, 2006

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