the cotter's wife

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The cotter's wife is a central maternal figure in Robert Burns's poem "The Cotter's Saturday Night," embodying piety, domestic virtue, and the warmth of Scottish rural family life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish rural woman
literary character
maternal figure
appearsIn The Cotter's Saturday Night NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme Christian devotion
domestic piety
maternal care
moral instruction
rural family life
countryOfOrigin Scotland
createdBy Robert Burns NERFINISHED
depictedAs affectionate mother
devoted wife
embodiment of domestic virtue
pious
virtuous
firstPublicationAuthor Robert Burns NERFINISHED
firstPublishedInWork The Cotter's Saturday Night NERFINISHED
genreOfWork Scottish poetry
languageOfWork English
Scots
literarySignificance central maternal figure in The Cotter's Saturday Night
medium poetry
partOf the cotter's household
portrayedByAuthorAs model of Christian domestic womanhood
roleInFamily mother
wife of the cotter
settingOfLife Scottish countryside
symbolizes religious and moral stability in the home
warmth of Scottish rural family life
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence 18th century Scotland

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