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9. Robert Burns(1759-1796)

1) his life story:. 9. Robert Burns(1759-1796). was born in Scotland in a poor peasant family and educated himself through selfstudy. his literary achievements:. poems and songs. 2). The-Inaugaration of Robert Burns. Statue of Robert Burns. 3) characteristics of his poems and songs. b.

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9. Robert Burns(1759-1796)

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  1. 1) his life story: 9. Robert Burns(1759-1796) was born in Scotland in a poor peasant family and educated himself through selfstudy.

  2. his literary achievements: poems and songs 2)

  3. The-Inaugaration of Robert Burns

  4. Statue of Robert Burns 3) characteristics of his poems and songs b. besides love lyrics, most of his poems and songs are about patriotic and political themes. a. written in the Scottish dialect and in the tradition of Scottish folk songs.

  5. 10. William Blake (1757-1827) a poet as well as an engraver.

  6. 1) his life story: was born in a hosier’s family in London and drew pictures and engraved to illustrate his works and the works of others. 2) his literary achievements: poems: Poetical Sketches, Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, Prophetic Books broke with the neo-classical tradition both in form and in content

  7. 3) characteristics of his poems a. Songs of Innocence (1) expressed the poet’s delight in life, even in the face of sorrow and suffering. (2) the world is seen through the eyes of a child’s imagination which can be attained by adults if they cast away the follies and deceits of the hostile world and seek a visionary world through their imagination.

  8. b. Songs of Experience (1) the atmosphere is no longer sunny but sad and gloomy, and evil is found everywhere in this world. (2) through the loss of imagination, man has become a slave to the falsehood and hypocrisy of religion and society, and thus has lost the Heaven of Innocence and gained the Hell of Experience.

  9. c. the contradiction of these two poem collections

  10. The End

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