![]() ![]() John Moore, was penned in 1774 at Mount Oliphant farm, where the Burns family lived and worked as tenants. ![]() “ Handsome Nell,” which Burns called his first “sin of rhyme” in a 1787 letter to Dr. ![]() Robert Burns wrote his first poem when he was just 15.Īs might be expected of a teenager, Burns’s first composition was about a romantic crush. Here are nine facts about his short life and enduring poetry. And though he was dubbed “the heaven-taught ploughman,” Burns was neither uneducated nor a ploughman. For many, Robert Burns (also known as Rabbie Burns) is synonymous with Scotland: Not only is he considered the country’s national poet, but in a 2009 STV poll, he was even voted the greatest Scot over iconic warrior William Wallace.īorn in Alloway, Ayrshire, on January 25, 1759, Burns wrote poetry about his life as a peasant farmer and his love of women, among other topics. ![]()
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