The Burns stanza is a verse form named after the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796 (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire It was not, however, invented by Burns, and prior to his use of it was known as the standard Habbie, after the poet Habbie Simpson (1550-1620). It is also sometimes known as the Scottish stanza or six-line stave.
The first notable poem written in this stanza was the "Lament for Habbie Simpson" by Robert Sempill of Beltrees. Robert Sempill, the younger (1595? - 1663? Scottish poet son of Robert Sempill, was educated at the University of Glasgow, having matriculated in March The stanza was used frequently by major 18th century Lowland Scots poets such as Robert Fergusson and Robert Burns, and has also been used by subsequent poets. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system Scots ( The Scots leid) refers to Anglic varieties derived from early northern Middle English spoken in parts of Scotland and Northern For other uses see Bob Ferguson Robert Fergusson ( September 5, 1750 - October 16, 1774) Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796 (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire Major poems in the stanza include Burns's To a Louse, Address to the Deil and Death and Doctor Hornbook. " To A Louse On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet At Church " is a 1786 Scots language poem by Robert Burns. Address to the Deil is a poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns. It was written in Mossgiel in 1785 and published in the Kilmarnock volume The stanza is six lines in length and rhymes aaabab, with tetrameter a lines and dimeter b lines. In Poetry, a tetrameter is a line of four metrical feet. The particular foot of course can vary as follows Anapestic tetrameter: In Poetry, a dimeter is a metrical line of verse with two feet. The second b line may or may not be repeated.
Although the "Lament for Habbie" itself is strictly lyrical, subsequent uses have tended to be comic and satirical. The stanza is naturally suited to comic rhymes, as the quoted passage from Burns shows:
- O THOU! whatever title suit thee—
- Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie,
- Wha in yon cavern grim an’ sootie,
- Clos’d under hatches,
- Spairges about the brunstane cootie,
- To scaud poor wretches!
- Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee,
- An’ let poor damned bodies be;
- I’m sure sma’ pleasure it can gie,
- Ev’n to a deil,
- To skelp an’ scaud poor dogs like me,
- An’ hear us squeel!
- --"Address to the Deil"
A variation on the Burns stanza employs the rhyme scheme aabcccb, with foreshortened third and seventh lines. This form is deployed, for example, in W. H. Auden's poem "Brother, who when the sirens roar" (also known as "A Communist to Others"):
Brothers, who when the sirens roar
From office, shop and factory pourBy cops directed to the fug
- 'Neath evening sky;
Of talkie-houses for a drug,
Or down canals to find a hug
Auden uses similar verse forms in other poems in the collection Look, Stranger! (also known as On This Island), such as "The Witnesses" and "Out on the lawn I lie in bed" (also known as "Summer Night"). Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 ˈwɪstən ˈhjuː ˈɔːdən who signed his works W On This Island is a book of poems by W H Auden, first published under the title Look Stranger! in the UK in 1936 then published under Auden's preferred On This Island is a book of poems by W H Auden, first published under the title Look Stranger! in the UK in 1936 then published under Auden's preferred This article is about The Witnesses, a French Film For article on the band Sam Butera and The Witnesses, see Sam Butera The A more recent example can be seen in W. N. Herbert's "To a Mousse". W N Herbert (born 1961 is a poet from Dundee, Scotland. He writes in both English and Scots.
- Until you die: (lines 1-7)
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