The Jolly Beggars

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The Jolly Beggars is a cantata by Scottish poet Robert Burns that vividly portrays a group of boisterous vagabonds in a tavern, blending song, dialogue, and satire.

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The Jolly Beggars canonical 3
The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantata
literary work
poem
alsoKnownAs The Jolly Beggars
surface form: The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
author Robert Burns
countryOfOrigin Scotland
creatorNationality Scottish
creatorOccupation poet
culturalSignificance considered one of Robert Burns’s most vivid dramatic works
form dramatic cantata
genre cantata
dramatic poem
satire
hasCharacterType beggar
prostitute
soldier
tinker
hasNarrativeVoice third-person observer
hasPart drinking songs
love songs
patriotic song
recitative sections
language English
Scots
literaryMovement Scottish literature
literaryPeriod 18th century
mainSubject beggars
itinerant characters
vagabonds
narrativeForm mixture of song and recitative
portrays group of boisterous vagabonds in a tavern
setting Poosie Nansie’s alehouse
tavern
structure sequence of songs framed by recitative
theme freedom
hypocrisy of respectable society
poverty
social marginality
titleLanguage English
tone boisterous
comic
satirical
uses dialogue
satire
song

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Robert Burns notableWork The Jolly Beggars
Poems of Robert Burns containsWork The Jolly Beggars
Jean Armour spouseWork The Jolly Beggars
The Jolly Beggars alsoKnownAs The Jolly Beggars
this entity surface form: The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata