Robert Burns

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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1. When was Robert Burns born?January 25, 1759
2. When did Robert Burns die?July 21, 1796 (age 37)
3. Where was Robert Burns born?Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland
4. What is the career?Poet, lyricist, song collector, and excise officer
5. Who was Robert Burns?Robert Burns was a Scottish poet born in 1759. He wrote songs and poems that are still sung and loved all over the world.
6. What is the Kilmarnock Edition?The Kilmarnock Edition is a collection of poems published in 1786. It shows Burns's skill in the Scottish dialect and made him famous.

Vernacular: The everyday language spoken by people in a particular country or region, as opposed to a formal or literary language.
Romanticism: An artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century, emphasizing emotion, individualism, and glorification of the past and nature.
Liberalism: A political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law.
Socialism: A political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the community as a whole should own and control the means of production, distribution, and exchange.