To a LooseTo a LooseRobert Burns Robert Burns

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About the Author About the Author Date Of birth:

-Jan. 25, 1759Date of death:

-July 21, 1796Where is this poet from?

-Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland

Things that happened During This Time 1.In the 1750’s the word nickel was created. 2.1775 Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet. Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.3.1776 David Bushnell invents a submarine.4.1780 Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses. Gervinus invents the circular saw.5.1783 The Montgolfier brothers invent the hot-air balloon. Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.6.1786 John Fitch invents a steamboat.7.1789 The guillotine is invented.8.1792 William Murdoch invents gas lighting. The first ambulance.9.1795Francois Appert invents the preserving jar for food.10.1796Edward Jenner creates a smallpox vaccination.

What Kind of writing did he do? -Angry or compassionate, sentimental

or satirical, romantic or bawdy

What is going on historically and politically in his culture during his lifetime? How does this affect or influence his writing?

-He was a rebel against politics and religion so this would change how he wrote to more satire view. Class was still very important and religion ruled.

Original poem Vs. Translation

Ha! Whare ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie? Your impudence protects you sairly, I canna say but ye strut rarely

Owre gauze and lace, Tho' faith! I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place.

Ye ugly, creepin, blastit wonner, Detested, shunn'd by saunt an' sinner, How daur ye set your fit upon her -- Sae fine a lady! Gae somewhere else and seek your dinnerOn some poor body.

Ha! Where are you going, you crawling wonder?Your impudence protects you sorely,I can not say but you swagger rarelyOver gauze and lace,Though faith! I fear you dine but sparinglyOn such a place

You ugly, creeping, blasted wonder,Detested, shunned by saint and sinner,How dare you set your foot upon her -Such fine a lady!Go somewhere else and seek your dinnerOn some poor body

Swith! in some beggar's hauffet squattle: There you may creep, and sprawl, and sprWi' ither kindred, jumping cattle, In shoals and nations; Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle Your thick plantations.

Now haud you there! ye're out o' sight, Below the fatt'rils, snug an' tight; Na, faith ye yet! ye'll no be right, Till ye've got on it --- The vera tapmost, tow'ring height O' miss's bonnet.

Off! in some beggar's temples squat:There you may creep, and sprawl, and scramble,With other kindred, jumping cattle,In shoals and nations;Where horn nor bone never dare unsettleYour thick plantations

Now hold you there! you are out of sight,Below the falderals, snug and tight;No, faith you yet! you will not be right,Until you have got on it ---The very topmost, towering heightOf misses bonnet.

My sooth! right bauld ye set your nose ouAs plump an' grey as onie grozet: O for some rank, mercurial rozet, Or fell, red smeddum, I'd gie ye sic a hearty dose o't, Wad dress your droddum!

I wad na been surpris'd to spy You on an auld wife's flainen toy: Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On's wyliecoat; But Miss's fine Lunardi! fye! How daur ye do't.

My sooth! right bold you set your nose out,As plump and gray as any gooseberry:O for some rank, mercurial resin,Or deadly, red powder,I would give you such a hearty dose of it,Would dress your breech!

I would not have been surprised to spyYou on an old wife's flannel cap:Or maybe some small ragged boy,On his undervest;But Miss's fine balloon bonnet! fye!How dare you do it.

O Jenny, dinna toss your head, An' set your beauties a' abread! You little ken what cursed speed The blastie's makin! Thae winks an' finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin'!

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion!

O Jenny do not toss your head,And set your beauties all abroad!You little know what cursed speedThe blastie's making!Those winks and finger-ends, I dread,Are notice takiing!

O would some Power the gift to give usTo see ourselves as others see us!It would from many a blunder free us,And foolish notion:What airs in dress and gait would leave us,And even devotion!

What Does this Mean?! This poem is written about how a

man at church sees a woman sitting with a grand hat and he admires her for being so dignified and what he perceives as being wealthy. He then notes a louse on her hat and is outraged that something so horrible could be on something that the poem sees as unworldly. He then curses the bug and questions the ways of life almost, until the lady turns around and what he saw before as so beautiful turn into something plain and common with her name Jenny and common lifestyle suddenly the poem turns more pleasant and accepting.

What type of language does this poem do?

This poem is written in Scottish slang; the poem is also written in a mocking tone that is used to question the classes of the time and god. The poet uses very direct bold word chooses to get his point across that at the time would have been quite scandalized. These word chooses put a vivid picture in the readers head of the outrage and humor felt at the time.

What Is he saying!

crowlin ferlie- a crawling horror. creepin, blastit wonner- creeping,

blasted wonder Gae- Go hauffet squattle- temples squat Spr- scramble fatt'rils- falderals Bauld- bold smeddum- powder Flainen- flannel Droddum- breech Abread- abroad frae monie- from many

Who is speaking and to whom? The speaker is a man

that believes in class and order.

He is speaking to a louse and a woman who he assumes is rich.

They are in a church and he is speaking to them because he is outraged that the louse is on the woman.

The relationship between the reader and the speaker is the reader is overhearing a conversation between the man and the “rich” woman.

Sound Rhyme Scheme is

AAABAB Alliteration:

“shunn'd by saunt an' sinner”

This poem contains Cacophony. When he is yelling

at the louse is an example

Tone and Mood It is angry,

humorous and sarcastic

He is angry about the class system. He shows it through it this humorous and sarcastic poem.

He is saying that this louse shouldn’t be on this woman because she is so high up in class that she shouldn’t be touched. God takes a role in this because if you were high class you were blessed by God. They were seen to be too good for disease and dirt.

Figurative Language

Simile: “As plump an' grey as onie grozet”

Metaphors: Louse is the dirty

grime and poor of society

Woman is the rich that is blessed by god and shouldn’t be touched

Structure It is in standard form It has Stanzas Stanza- an

arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.

It’s end rhyme scheme is AAABAB

It is within the line (at the end) not stanza by stanza