Robert Burns
In Robert Burns poem John Anderson, he uses many poetic elements such as alliteration, repetition, rhyme, metaphors, and apostrophe. These elements are used to help explain what is going on in the poem such as, aging, love, and death. Robert Burns was a Scottish poet who wrote lyrics and songs in the Scottish dialect . Robert Burns satires displayed his exquisite poetic works in satires and by the age of 27, he had written some of the most outstanding satires. Robert Burns is well known for his songwriting skills and lyrics. Robert Burns had great talents that will never be forgotten.
In the poem John Anderson, a woman is explaining to her husband how they may be getting old but she still …show more content…
Even though the woman's husband’s hair is getting white haw still adores it. There is alliteration in the beginning of the poem when it says, "your bonnie brow was brent". The use of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of the words placed by each other and are usually on the same or next line. Robert Burns uses repetition by repeatedly saying,” my jo, John” and “ John Anderson, my Jo.” While reading the poem I also had seen a simile being used when the wife of John Anderson stated that his locks of hair are like snow. The tone of the poem is cheerful and romantic because of the word choices like, cantyt , which means cheerful , and jo , which means sweetheart. The tone and mood of the poem helped with identifying the theme of the poem because usually the repetition of certain words or phrases gives a good idea of what’s important in the piece.
Robert Burns was a very intelligent man and his poem John Anderson was a poem that gave great examples of the use of poetic elements and literary devices like alliteration, repetition, simile, as well as rhyme. The poem expresses great emotion for someone and without the help of the elements it would have been difficult to get the reader to understand the mood and the tone of the
In Robert Burns poem John Anderson, he uses many poetic elements such as alliteration, repetition, rhyme, metaphors, and apostrophe. These elements are used to help explain what is going on in the poem such as, aging, love, and death. Robert Burns was a Scottish poet who wrote lyrics and songs in the Scottish dialect . Robert Burns satires displayed his exquisite poetic works in satires and by the age of 27, he had written some of the most outstanding satires. Robert Burns is well known for his songwriting skills and lyrics. Robert Burns had great talents that will never be forgotten.
In the poem John Anderson, a woman is explaining to her husband how they may be getting old but she still …show more content…
Even though the woman's husband’s hair is getting white haw still adores it. There is alliteration in the beginning of the poem when it says, "your bonnie brow was brent". The use of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of the words placed by each other and are usually on the same or next line. Robert Burns uses repetition by repeatedly saying,” my jo, John” and “ John Anderson, my Jo.” While reading the poem I also had seen a simile being used when the wife of John Anderson stated that his locks of hair are like snow. The tone of the poem is cheerful and romantic because of the word choices like, cantyt , which means cheerful , and jo , which means sweetheart. The tone and mood of the poem helped with identifying the theme of the poem because usually the repetition of certain words or phrases gives a good idea of what’s important in the piece.
Robert Burns was a very intelligent man and his poem John Anderson was a poem that gave great examples of the use of poetic elements and literary devices like alliteration, repetition, simile, as well as rhyme. The poem expresses great emotion for someone and without the help of the elements it would have been difficult to get the reader to understand the mood and the tone of the