Robert Burns and his poetry

Robert Burns (1759 – 1796) and his poetry.

Dear friends, I will tell you aboutRobert Burns, the most democratic Scottish national poet of the 18th century. His birthday, January 25^th, is celebrated in Scotland as a national holiday.

Robert's father, William Burns, was a poor farmer in Alloway [alloway], southwestern Scotland. There were seven children in the family, and Robert was the eldest.Robert's mother knew many Scottish songs and ballads and often sang them to her son in his childhood. She lived long and enjoyed the fame of her poet son.

Burns spent his youth in hard labour and hopeless poverty. Robert's father knew the value of a good education, and he tried to give his children the besteducation.Robert had only a few years schooling, because his father could not fully payfor his education. But the boy was an avid reader, especially of Shakespeare[ˈʃeɪkspɪə] and Robert Fergusson[ˈfɜːgəsɪn], a talented Scottish poet (1750-1774). Burns began writing at the age of fifteen, but he was 27, when his first book – «Poems Chiefle in the Scottish Dialect» (Стихи в основном на шотландском диалекте) was published in 1789, which won him immediate success.

The source of Burns' poetry is the life of common toilers andScottish folklore. As sense of liberty is the animating force of his genius. His poetry may be regarded as a treasury of all that is best in Scottish songs. The most popular poems by Burns are «My Heart's in the Highlands», «John Barleycorn», «The Tree of Liberty», «A Red, Red Rose», «Auld Lang Syne» (Стараядобраяпесня) and many others.

Burns' work is known far beyond the borders of his native Scotland.Robert Burns is very popular in Russia. Many famous Russian writers (Marshak, Balmont) were engaged in translations of Burns' poetry. Music was written to many of Burns' poems, and some of these songs are heard in our movies.

One of Burns' famous poems is «A Red, Red Rose».

Vocabulary:

animating [ˈænɪmeɪtɪŋ] – движущий, оживляющий

barleycorn [ˈbɑː(r)likɔː(r)n] - ячменное зерно

boigrathy [baɪˈɒgrəfɪ] - биография

folklore [ˈfəʊklɔː] – фольклор poverty [ˈpɒvətɪ] –бедность,нищета

genius [ˈʤiːnɪəs] – гений source [sɔːs] –источник

immediate [ɪˈmiːdɪət] - немедленный toiler [ˈtɔɪlə] - труженик

labour [ˈleɪbə] – труд treasury [ˈtreʒ(ə)rɪ] – сокровищница

liberty [ˈlɪbətɪ] – свобода Robert Burns' parents [ˈrɒbət bɜːnz' ˈpɛərənts]

Find the equivalents of the following sentences in the text:

1. Ощущение свободы является движущей силой его гения.

2. Роберт проучился в школе всего несколько лет, потому что его отец не мог полностью оплатить его образование.

3. Она прожила долго и наслаждалась славой своего сына-поэта.

4. Его поэзию можно считать сокровищницей всего лучшего, что есть в шотландских песнях.

5. Источником поэзии Бернса является жизнь простых тружеников и шотландский фольклор.

6. Ко многим стихам Бернса была написана музыка, и некоторые из этих песен звучат в наших фильмах.

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