A Red, Red Rose

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"A Red, Red Rose" is a famous romantic love poem by Scottish poet Robert Burns, celebrated for its lyrical simplicity and enduring emotional appeal.

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A Red, Red Rose canonical 4
My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf love poem
lyric poem
poem
alternativeTitle O, my Luve is like a red, red rose
author Robert Burns
comparesLoveTo a melody that’s sweetly played in tune
a red, red rose
countryOfOrigin Scotland
culturalSignificance one of Robert Burns’s most famous poems
widely anthologized in English literature
firstLine O my Luve is like a red, red rose
form stanzaic lyric
genre romantic poetry
hasInfluenceOn Scottish song tradition
popular love poetry in English
hasMainCharacter the speaker-lover
hasQuotation And I will luve thee still, my dear
O my Luve is like a red, red rose
Till a’ the seas gang dry
imageryType natural imagery
influencedBy Scottish folk song tradition
language English
literaryMovement Romanticism
meter song-like ballad meter
numberOfStanzas 4
period 18th century Scottish literature
promises to love until the rocks melt wi’ the sun
to love until the seas go dry
setting unspecified, idealized romantic setting
subjectOf literary criticism
musical adaptations
theme devotion
enduring love
romantic love
separation
tone optimistic
passionate
tender
usesLiteraryDevice hyperbole
imagery
metaphor
simile
writtenBy Robert Burns

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Robert Burns notableWork A Red, Red Rose
Poems of Robert Burns containsWork A Red, Red Rose
Jean Armour spouseWork A Red, Red Rose
Burns notableWork A Red, Red Rose
subject surface form: Robert Burns
The Scots Musical Museum containsWork A Red, Red Rose
this entity surface form: My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose