the cotter's children
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The cotter's children are the humble, devout offspring in Robert Burns's poem "The Cotter's Saturday Night," representing rural Scottish family life and piety.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictionalCharacters
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literaryCharacterGroup ⓘ poeticCharacters ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Cotter's Saturday Night NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calvinist morality
ⓘ
Scottish peasantry ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf |
family devotion
ⓘ
religious observance ⓘ |
| createdBy | Robert Burns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | iconic representation of Scottish rural childhood ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
gathering around the family hearth
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joining in prayer ⓘ listening to Scripture reading ⓘ |
| describedAs |
devout
ⓘ
humble ⓘ |
| genderMix | sons and daughters ⓘ |
| hasMember |
the eldest daughter
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younger children ⓘ |
| hasSetting | rural Scotland ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
intergenerational transmission of faith
ⓘ
virtue in poverty ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| influences | later depictions of Scottish rural families ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralFunction |
to exemplify filial piety
ⓘ
to model religious discipline ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
embodiment of ideal Christian youth
ⓘ
symbols of national virtue ⓘ |
| participatesIn |
Sabbath preparation
ⓘ
family worship ⓘ |
| partOf | the cotter's family ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
industrious
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obedient to parents ⓘ respectful ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Scottish domestic poetry ⓘ |
| religion |
Presbyterian
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surface form:
Presbyterianism
|
| represents |
Presbyterian values
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domestic piety ⓘ rural Scottish family life ⓘ |
| workGenre |
didactic poem
ⓘ
pastoral poem ⓘ |
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