Skua@kbin.earth to Scotland @lemmy.world · 3 months agoHappy Burns' night everyone! What's your favourite of his works?message-squaremessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1message-squareHappy Burns' night everyone! What's your favourite of his works?Skua@kbin.earth to Scotland @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square13linkfedilinkfile-text
It has been too long since I read any of them save for the Address to a Haggis, so I need some recommendations
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 months agoI’m not all that well read with Burns, but I do love Tam O’Shanter, and Holy Willie’s Prayer, they’d be very decent ones to try 👍
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI don’t think I’ve actually ever read Holy Willie’s Prayer, thank you for that! Tam O’ Shanter is absolutely a classic. My friend’s dad knows the whole thing by heart and absolutely will recite all of it if prompted at all
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoHa, yeah, the benefits of being a set text at high school for a long time (possibly still now, not sure). I couldn’t do the whole thing, but I could have a good stab at the first 10 lines or so! HWP is a fun one, the speaker is such a hypocrite, and you can tell Burns was relishing making him look so stupid 😁
I’m not all that well read with Burns, but I do love Tam O’Shanter, and Holy Willie’s Prayer, they’d be very decent ones to try 👍
I don’t think I’ve actually ever read Holy Willie’s Prayer, thank you for that! Tam O’ Shanter is absolutely a classic. My friend’s dad knows the whole thing by heart and absolutely will recite all of it if prompted at all
Ha, yeah, the benefits of being a set text at high school for a long time (possibly still now, not sure).
I couldn’t do the whole thing, but I could have a good stab at the first 10 lines or so!
HWP is a fun one, the speaker is such a hypocrite, and you can tell Burns was relishing making him look so stupid 😁